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

 

by Rob de Vos

 

Carea simplicilinea Warren, 1916

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

STATUS: Endemic in New Guinea. A rare species which is only recorded from Papua. It is similar to Carea flava but the white transverse line is in simplicilinea ending in the costa, while in flava it runs with a sharp angle partly along the costa.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Mabilabol, Mokwam, Ninay Valley, Upper Setekwa River, Utakwa River, Walmak. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: none.

DATA SOURCES: BMNH, KSP, RMNH, ZMAN. Literature: Poole, 1989.

 

 

 

 

 

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Literature

Poole, R.W., 1989. Lepidopterorum Catalogus (new series), 118: Noctuidae: i-xii, 1-1314. Brill, Leiden.