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

by Rob de Vos

 

Selepa nigralba (Hampson, 1895)


Distribution

 

 

 

 

STATUS: Widely distributed from the Himalaya to the Solomon Islands. The species is very variable but the main ground clour is dark brown.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Waigeo Island: Camp Nok; New Guinea: Huri-Mber, Gn Meja Reserve (Manokwari), Sabron Camp (Cyclops), Senopi. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Northeast Himalaya (Bhutan), Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sulawesi, Papua New Guinea, Australia and Solomon Islands.

DATA SOURCES: BMNH, RMNH.

 

 

 

 

 


Literature

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