The Papua Insects Foundation


The Lichen moths (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini) of Papua Indonesia

by Rob de Vos

Zygaenosia flavonigra Van Eecke, 1924


Distribution

 

 

 

 

STATUS: A rare species. Only known by the holotype. The female is very similar to Zygaenosia medialis but it has the thorax entirely orange, in medialis the thorax is for the greater part black.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Prauwenbivak. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: none.

DATA SOURCES: RMNH.