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

by Alexander Schintlmeister

 

 

Cascera albiscripta Rothschild, 1917

virens Rothschild, 1917

 


Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: A rather rare species, restricted to New Guinea. Easily recognized by the angled white pattern.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Mt. Goliath, Pass Valley, Timeepa, Walmak. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea.

DATA SOURCES: NHMUK, KSP, RMNH.

 

 

 

 

 

Literature

Schintlmeister, A., 2020. Notodontidae of the Indonesian Archipelago, Volume 1: 441 pp. (52 colour plates). Brill, Leiden, Boston.