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The Prominent Moths (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae, Pygaerinae) of Papua Indonesia

by Alexander Schintlmeister

 

 

Allata (Allata) affinis (Rothschild, 1917)

novaeguineae Kiriakoff, 1967

 

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: Widely distributed in the Moluccas and New Guinea. A rather common species.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Biak Island; Roon Island: Yende; New Guinea: Affi, Ampas, Fakfak, Getentiri, Maripi, Ngat Valley, Nomnagihé, Samabusa, Senggo, Sentani, Ubrub, Uskwar, Vriendschap River, Warmare Dua, Wembi, Werba. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Ambon, Seram.

DATA SOURCES: NHMUK, CMWM, KSP, RMNH, Sinnema.

 

 

 

 

Literature

Schintlmeister, A., 2008. Notodontidae. Palaearctic Macrolepidoptera. Volume 1: 482 pp. (40 colour plates). Apollo Books, Stenstrup.