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The Tigermoths (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini) of Papua Indonesia
by Rob de Vos
Spilosoma arctichroa (Druce, 1909)
[Diacrisia arctichroa Druce, 1909] (holotype: Fakfak, in BMNH)
Distribution
STATUS: A common species. The species inhabits lowland and mountainous areas.
PAPUA LOCALITIES: Batanta; New Guinea: Ampas, Base Camp (Utakwa River), Borme, Brazza River, Canoe Camp (Utakwa River), Fakfak, Lereh, Ninay Valley (Arfak), Ngat Biep (Arfak), Nipsan, Nomnagihe (Wangaar), Pukusum (Humboldt Bay), Setekwa River, Tuan Wowi (Prafi), Uskwar, Wambes. Details in gazetteer.
EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: NW Papua New Guinea (Njau Limon).
DATA SOURCES: BMNH, CMWM, KSP, ZMAN, ZSMC.
Literature
Druce, H., 1909. Descriptions of three new species of Heterocera from Dutch New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)3: 347-348.
Hampson, G.F., 1920. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae. Supplement, volume 2. Catalogue of the Lithosiadae (Arctianae) and Phalaenoididae in the collection of the British Museum: 619 pp., British Museum, London.
Rothschild, L.W., 1910. Catalogue of the Arctianae in the Tring Museum, with notes and descriptions of new species II. Novitates Zoologicae 17(2): 113-171.
Rothschild, L.W., 1914. In: Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 10: Spinner und Schwarmer des Indo-Australischen Gebiets, Arctiidae: 236-263. A. Kernen, Stuttgart.
Rothschild, L.W., 1915. Lepidoptera of the British Ornithologists' Union and Wollaston Expeditions in the Snow Mountains, Southern Dutch New Guinea, Macrolepidoptera: 1-148. Zoological Museum, Tring.
Strand, E., 1919. Lepidopterorum Catalogus 22: Arctiidae: Subfam. Arctiinae: 1-416. W. Junk, Berlin.
Vos, R. de & D. Suhartawan, 2011. The Spilosoma group of species from New Guinea and adjacent islands (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini). In: Telnov, D., 2011. Biodiversity, Biogeography and Nature Conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea, Vol. I: 299-333.
