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Papua New Guinea

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From Kenrick, 1907 plates, publication Kenrick, 1907. On Pyralidae of British New Guinea. Proc.Zool.Soc.London 1907 t.4:69- plate IV-fig.171 (There are many more species listed in this publication that do not figure on the plates) user:Tonton Bernardo

Sometimes very difficult to know which side of the island

I'd suggest that we should put both here: New Guinea (former dutch half, now Indonesia), and Papua New Guinea (=former British & German New Guinea). Many descriptions don't mention, other expeditions crossed the "nowaday" frontier - but don't state where the specimen where collected. In fact, all descriptions before 1880 = begin of the colonial "age" at that part of the world) are without or unspecified indications. Anyway, it's one island, and 90-95% of species should be found on both sides. Moth don't care about border-checkpoints.

rgds User:Tonton Bernardo

Callidulidae

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Crambidae

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Geometridae

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Gracillariidae

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Lymantriidae

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Noctuidae

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Arctiinae

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Nolidae

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Pyralidae

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Sesiidae

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Tortricidae

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References

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