The Papua Insects Foundation

 


The clearwing moths (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) of Papua Indonesia

by Axel Kallies

Melittia xanthodes Diakonoff, 1954


Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: Widely distributed in New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago. A rare species.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Bernhard Camp, Dabra. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: New Britain (Bismarck Archipelago).

DATA SOURCES: ANIC, RMNH, Oleg Gorbunov, Kallies (2020).