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

 

by Rob de Vos

Chora obliqua Bethune-Baker, 1906

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

STATUS: Endemic in New Guinea. It might be conspecific with Chora sanguinea Bethune-Baker, 1906 and allied taxa like approximata Warren, 1916 and neglecta Warren, 1916 but this must still be confirmed.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Waigeo Island: Camp Nok; Mioswaar Island; New Guinea: Affi, Boma, Ninay Valley, Utakwa River, Walmak. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea.

DATA SOURCES: BMNH, 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.