Papua-Insects.nl

The Papua Insects Foundation

about us:

---

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

by Rob de Vos

 

 

Monosyntaxis honeyi De Vos, 2014

[Monosyntaxis honeyi De Vos, 2014] (holotype: Pass Valley, Jayawijaya Mts., in RMNH)

Endemic species

---

Distribution

 

 

 

 

STATUS: Endemic in the Jayawijaya and Snow Mountains. Recently discovered to be separate from the very similar Monosyntaxis bipunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1904) which is endemic in the Owen Stanley Range, PNG.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Abmisibil, Mt. Goliath (Gn. Yamin), Jiwika, Landikma, Mabilabol, Mokndoma, Pass Valley, Walmak. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: none.

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

 

 

 

 

 

---

Literature

Vos, R. de, 2014. The Monosyntaxis Swinhoe, 1901 complex of sibling species in New Guinea (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini). Biodiversity, Biogeography and Nature Conservation on Wallacea and New Guinea 2: 397-405 (plate 92-101).