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

by Rob de Vos

Graphosia bilineata Hampson, 1900

[Graphosia bilineata Hampson, 1900] [holotype: Kapaur (Fakfak), in BMNH]

Mithuna quadrilineata dilutior Rothschild, 1912 [holotype: Utakwa River, in BMNH]
Mithuna quadrilineata quadrilineata Rothschild, 1912 [holotype: Mt. Goliath, in BMNH]
Graphosia reticulata Rothschild, 1912 [holotype: Kumusi River, PNG, in BMNH]


Distribution

 

 

 

 

STATUS: A common species which is widely distributed in New Guinea.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Waigeo Island: Camp Nok; Batanta Island; New Guinea: Aramsolki, Borme, Dabra, Fakfak, Mt. Goliath (Gn. Yamin), Katem, Marina Vallen, Prafi, Senggo, Setekwa River, Utakwa River, Yuruf. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea.

DATA SOURCES: BMNH, KSP, ZMAN, RMNH, ZSMC. Literature (see below).

 

 

 

 

 


Literature

Draudt, M., 1914. In: Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 10: Spinner und Schwarmer des Indo-Australischen Gebiets, Arctiidae: 134-223. A. Kernen, Stuttgart.
Hampson, G.F., 1900. Catalogus Lepidoptera Phalaenae 2. Catalogue of the Arctiadae (Nolinae, Lithosianae) in the collection of the British Museum: 589 pp. British Museum, London.
Hampson, G.F., 1914. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae. Supplement, volume 1. Catalogue of the Amatidae and Arctiadae (Nolinae and Lithosianae) in the collection of the British
Museum
: 858 pp. British Museum, London.
Rothschild, L.W., 1912. New Lithosianae. Novitates Zoologicae 19: 212-246.
Strand, E., 1922. Lepidopterorum Catalogus 26: Arctiidae: Subfam. Lithosiinae: 501-899. W. Junk, Berlin.