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

 

by Rob de Vos

Chora huntei (Warren, 1903)


Distribution

 

 

 

 

STATUS: A common species and widely distributed in New Guinea. Seems to have no preference for any altitude.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Waigeo Island: Camp Nok; New Guinea: Affi, Ampas, Benyas, Bokondini, Borme, Depapre, Fakfak, Mt. Goliath (Gn. Yamin), Camp Hotice (Foja Mts), Ifar, Mt. Kunupi, Mabilabol, Mokwam, Ninay Valley, Nomnagihé, Prafi, Sabron Camp (Cyclops), Senggo, Senopi, Upper Setekwa River, Sota (Merauke), Uskwar, Utakwa River, Vriendschap River, Walmak, Wambes, Wembi. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea.

DATA SOURCES: NHMUK, KSP, RMNH.

 

 

 

 

 


Literature

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