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

by Alexander Schintlmeister

 

Polychoa flavibasis (Rothschild, 1917)

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: The species is widely distributed from West New Guinea to Rossel Island. It seems a rare species.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Huri-Mber, Marina Valen, Ubrub, Upper Setekwa River, Utakwa River, Werba. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Rossel Island.

DATA SOURCES: NHMUK, KSP, coll. Sinnema.

 

 

 

 

 

Literature

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