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

by Rob de Vos

 

Zygaenosia flavonigra Van Eecke, 1924

 

 

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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.

 

 

 

 

 

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