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The Cocytiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Erebinae) of Papua Indonesia

by Rob de Vos & Alberto Zilli

 

Lasiopoderes pratti Bethune-Baker, 1906

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

STATUS: An endemic species on New Guinea. Found in mountainous areas. Females of this species are similar to those of Sinariola owgarra but the labial palpae are in Sinariola owgarra much longer and the subapical black dots are much more conspicuous, in Lasiopoderes pratti they are reduced.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Abmisibil, Mt. Kunupi, Langda, Senopi. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea.

DATA SOURCES: BMNH, RMNH.