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The Tigermoths (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini) of Papua Indonesia

by Rob de Vos

 

Damias calida (Walker, [1865])

ssp. calida (Walker, [1865])
reducta Draudt, 1914


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STATUS: A common and very widely distributed species with some local subspecies. Day flying and found nocturnal.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Misool Island; Waigeo Island; Japen Island: Ansus; New Guinea: Fakfak, Mt. Goliath, Setekwa River, Walmak. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Sumatra (ssp. tenuis); Sulawesi (ssp. flavicollis); Seram (ssp. calida); Papua New Guinea (ssp. milnensis).

DATA SOURCES: BMNH, RMNH.