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The Prominent Moths (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae, Dicranurinae) of Papua Indonesia
by Alexander Schintlmeister
Cascera olivacea Rothschild, 1917
flavolavata Rothschild, 1917
Distribution
STATUS: A rare species, until now only found on the Indonesian side of New Guinea. The taxon flavolavata Rothschild, 1917 is by some considered to be a subspecies of this species in the Arfak Mountains but it is very likely that the yellow holotype only concerns a blanched specimen.
PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Keerom, Nabire, Ninay Valley, Senopi, Uskwar, Utakwa River, Wangaar. Details in gazetteer.
EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea.
DATA SOURCES: NHMUK.
Literature
Schintlmeister, A., 2020. Notodontidae of the Indonesian Archipelago, Volume 1: 441 pp. (52 colour plates). Brill, Leiden, Boston.