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

by Alexander Schintlmeister

Polychoa aeruginosa Schintlmeister, 2013

aeruginosa Gaede, 1930 invalid

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: The species is widely distributed and is represented in New Guinea by ssp. aeruginosa. In New Guinea it is only recorded in the western part and seems very rare.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Waigeo Island; New Guinea: Mt. Kunupi. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Halmahera, Australia.

DATA SOURCES: NHMUK.

 

 

 

 

 

Literature

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