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

by Rob de Vos

Lithopelosia euscia Hampson, 1914

[Tigrioides euscia Hampson, 1914] [holotype: Mt. Goliath, Dutch New Guinea, in BMNH]

endemic species!

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

STATUS: A rare species.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Abmisibil, Mt. Goliath, Mokwam. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: none.

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

 

 

 

 

 

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Literature

De Vos, R., 2022. Genus Tigrioides Butler, 1877 does not occur in New Guinea, a revision of the taxa concerned from New Guinea with four new genera and nine new species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini). Suara Serangga Papua (SUGAPA digital) 14(2): 39-76.
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.
Strand, E., 1922. Lepidopterorum Catalogus 26: Arctiidae: Subfam. Lithosiinae: 501-899. W. Junk, Berlin.