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

by Rob de Vos

 

Argyrolepidia palaea Rothschild & Jordan, 1905

 

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Distribution

 

 

 

STATUS: A rare species of which only one specimen has been recorded from Papua.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Pass Valley. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea.

DATA SOURCES: BMNH, collection Olivier Pequin. Literature (see below)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Literature

Rothschild & Jordan, 1905. On some new Lepidoptera discovered by A.S. Meek in British New Guinea. Novitates Zoologicae 12(2): 448-478.
Vos, R. de, 2013. Three new Agaristinae species and the first record of Argyrolepidia palaea from Papua, Indonesia (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Agaristinae). SUGAPA 7(4): 114-123.