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

by Rob de Vos

 

Darantasia xenodora (Meyrick, 1886)

goldiei Druce, 1898
obliqua Hampson, 1900

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: Widely distributed on New Guinea, mainly found in lowland areas. Not so common as caerulescens. Dark forms occur, an extreme form is known from Numfor Island (picture). It is checked on genitalia and turned out to be xenodora.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Numfor Island: Namber; New Guinea: Andai, Getentiri, Mt. Goliath, Senggo, Tanah Merah, Utakwa River. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea.

DATA SOURCES: BMNH, KSP, RMNH.

 

 

 

 

 

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Literature

De Vos, R., 2019. The genus Darantasia Walker, 1859 from New Guinea (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini). SUGAPA digital 11(2): 95-136.