Teleonemia scrupulosa Stål 1873

Material examined: 13M+10F, New Guinea, NE, Wewak, 0–100m, I.1968, L.N.H. Krauss, BPBM; 1F, New Guinea, NE, Wau, 1180m, XI.1964, A.D. Hart, BPBM; 1F, New Guinea, NE, Morobe Dis., Mt. Kaindi, top, 24.IV.1970, light trap, A.N. Gillogly & S. Keenan, BPBM; 1M, New Guinea, Papua, Morobe Dis., Wau, 1200m, 31. III.1977, on Evodia, BPBM Acc. 1979.06.

Comments: This species has been introduced throughout the tropics to control the weed, Lantana camara L. ( Verbenaceae) (Neal & Schaefer 2000).