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The Tigermoths (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini) of Papua Indonesia
by Rob de Vos
Lambulodes brunneomarginata (Rothschild, 1912)
[Lambula brunneomarginata Rothschild, 1912] [holotype: Utakwa River [Papua, Indonesia], in BMNH]
subspecies or new species?
A nice series of the above depicted fenotype was collected during the recent Foja Mountains Expedition. It is not yet clear if this concerns a subspecies of Lambulodes brunneomarginata or a new species. The specimens in this series are very uniform in appearance.
Distribution
STATUS: Locally a common species, but restricted to mountain areas. Peculiar is the wide gap between Waigeo and the eastern populations on the mainland of New Guinea.
PAPUA LOCALITIES: Waigeo: Camp Nok; New Guinea: Borme, Foja Mountains, Kwerba, Landikma, Mabilabol, Mokwam, Pass Valley, Utakwa River. Details in gazetteer.
EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea.
DATA SOURCES: BMNH, KSP, RMNH, ZMAN. 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., 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, W., 1912. New Lithosianae. Novitates Zoologicae 19(2): 212-246.
Strand, E., 1922. Lepidopterorum Catalogus 26: Arctiidae: Subfam. Lithosiinae: 501-899. W. Junk, Berlin.
