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

by Alexander Schintlmeister

 

 

Allata (Celeia) lignea (Pagenstecher, 1894)

indistincta (Rothschild, 1917)

 

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: The species is known to occur with certainty in Queensland (Australia) but two records mentioned below indicate that the species is apparently much wider distributed, although these may concern a sibling and undescribed species. According to Holloway (1983) the occurance on Java, Sulawesi and Borneo may also concern allied but different species.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Ampas, Uskwar. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Queensland (Australia).

DATA SOURCES: RMNH.

 

 

 

 

Literature

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