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The Chloephorinae, Careini (Lepidoptera: Nolidae) of Papua Indonesia

by Rob de Vos

 

Aiteta pratti (Bethune-Baker, 1906)

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

STATUS: Probably widely distributed on New Guinea. Females of this species resemble those of Aiteta subflava but at the underside it is easily distinguished by the yellow pattern, while in pratti it is without yellow.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Ampas, Depapre, Dotir River, Ninay Valley, Nomnagihé, Utakwa River, Yongsu, Warkapi. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea, Queensland (Australia).

DATA SOURCES: BMNH, KSP, ZMAN. Literature: Holloway, 2003.

 

 

 

 

 

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Literature

Holloway, J.D., 2003. Moths of Borneo, Nolidae: 279 pp.