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The Forester moths (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Agaristinae) of Papua Indonesia

by Rob de Vos

 

Argyrolepidia fracta (Rothschild, 1899)

endemic species!

 

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

STATUS: Only a few specimens are known. Until now only from the Indonesian part of New Guinea.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Kapaur (=Fakfak), Sorong, Walmak. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: none.

DATA SOURCES: ZMAN. Literature (see below)

 

 

 

 

 

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Literature

Poole, R.W., 1989. Noctuidae. Lepidopterorum Catalogus (new series), 118: 1-1314. E.J. Brill / Flora & Fauna Publications.