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

by Rob de Vos

 

Earias rufopunctata Bethune-Baker, 1906

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

STATUS: Larger than the previous three species, the yellow colour very pale. Males have a relatively small rufous brown ring mark on the forewing, the females lack any mark, also the basal costa is unmarked (see uniplaga).

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Borme, Demaisi, Foja Mts., Mt. Goliath, Huri-Mber, Mt. Kunupi, Langda, Modio, Mokwam. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea.

DATA SOURCES: BMNH, KSP, RMNH.