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The Ghost Moths (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) of Papua Indonesia
by Rob de Vos
Elhamma viettei Simonsen, 2015
endemic species
Distribution
STATUS: A rare species with a strange distribution, known from the Central Mountain Range and Biak Island.
PAPUA LOCALITIES: Biak Island: Sansundi; New Guinea: Bivak 39 (Star Mountain Exp. 1959), Pass Valley, Walmak. Details in gazetteer.
EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: none.
DATA SOURCES: KSP, RMNH. Literature (see below).
Literatuur
Simonsen, Thomas J., 2015. Elhamma Walker (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) revisited: adult morphology, assessment of recently proposed synonyms and descriptions of two species. Zootaxa 3955(3): 301-328.