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

by Rob de Vos

 

Gyrtothripa verecunda (Pagenstecher, 1900)


Distribution

 

 

 

 

STATUS: Widely distributed but a rare species. Very similar to florida but the genitalia show differences and the wing pattern in florida is more delicate.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Waigeo Island: Camp Nok; New Guinea: Sabron Camp (Cyclops). Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea.

DATA SOURCES: BMNH. Literature: Holloway, 2003.

 

 

 

 

 


Literature

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