The Papua Insects Foundation


The Eligminae (Lepidoptera: Nolidae) of Papua Indonesia

by Rob de Vos

Plotheia viridalis (Pagenstecher, 1888)

cuprescens (Hampson, 1912)
fakfakensis (Strand, 1917)

endemic species!


Distribution

 

 

 

 

STATUS: A rare species, endemic in the Birdshead Peninsula.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Bivak Hoesin (Fakfak), Fakfak (Kapaur), Ninay Valley. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: none.

DATA SOURCES: NHMUK, RMNH.