The Papua Insects Foundation

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The Hawkmoths (SPHINGIDAE, Sphinginae) of Papua Indonesia

by Willem Hogenes

Psilogramma kitchingi Brechlin & Lachlan, 2001

[Psilogramma kitchingi Brechlin & Lachlan, 2001]

wernerwolfi Eitschberger, 2001

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Distribution

 

STATUS: Known from New Guinea only, widely distributed but rather rare.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Batanta Island: South coast; Yapen Island: Ambaidiru; New Guinea: Abmisibil, Affi (Jafi District), Ampas, Benyas, Genyem, Jayapura, Kota Nica (Jayapura), Langda, Mabilabol (Oksibil), Meja Reserve (Manokwari), Mokndoma, Ngat Biep (Arfak), Pass Valley, Prafi, Rasiei (Wandammen), Senopi, Sentani, Tandia (Wandammen), Ubrub, Walmak (Nipsan), Wamena, Wendesi. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea.

DATA SOURCES: KSP, RMNH. Literature (see below).

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Literature

Brechlin, R. & I.J. Kitching, 2010. Vier neue Arten der Gattung Psilogramma Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). Entomo-Satsphingia 3(3): 66-74.
Eitschberger, U., 2001. Neubeschreibungen von Arten in der Gattung Psilogramma Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten Suppl. 1: 3-63.