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The Plume Moths (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae, Pterophorinae) of Papua Indonesia

by Cees Gielis

Nippoptilia spinosa Yano, 1963

[Nippoptilia spinosa Yano, 1963] (TL: Wareng and Manokwari)

endemic species!

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Distribution

 

STATUS: Endemic in Papua. Only a few specimens known.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Manokwari, Sorong, Wareng. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: none.

DATA SOURCES: RMNH. Literature (see below).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Literature

Gielis, C., 2003. Review of the Pterophoridae from New Guinea, with descriptions of eight new species (Lepidoptera). Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden 77(21): 349-391.
Gielis, C. & R. de Vos, 2007. Additions to the Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) fauna of Papua. Entomofauna 28(16): 185-200.