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

by Rob de Vos

Lambula bivittata (Rothschild, 1912)

[Scoliacma bivittata Rothschild, 1912] [holotype: Mt. Goliath, Papua, in BMNH]

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

STATUS: Mainly distributed in the western part of New Guinea, but also known from Papua New Guinea. The species is common in mountainous areas.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Abmisibil, Araboe Bivak, Borme, Hulu (Foja Mts.), Mt. Goliath, Moknduma, Mokwam, Pass Valley, Utakwa River, Walmak. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea.

DATA SOURCES: NHMUK, KSP, RMNH. Literature (see below).

 

 

 

 

 

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Literature

De Vos, R. & A. Zilli, 2023. The "plain underwing" Lambula species from New Guinea with ten new species (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini). SUGAPA digital 15(1): 8-61.
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., 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.