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The Ennominae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) of Papua Indonesia

by Rob de Vos

 

Cleora inoffensa (Swinhoe, 1902)

ssp. costiplaga (Fletcher, 1953)

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: Widely distributed in New Guinea. The colour pattern varies from mottled grey to black. The pale or sometimes even white blotch at the forewing costa is a character of the Papuan subspecies costiplaga. Black specimens are called f. nigrata.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Biak Island: Biak; New Guinea: Canoe Camp (Utakwa River), Demaisi, Dotir, Fakfak, Mt. Kunupi, Mokwam, Ninay Valley, Nomnagihé, Sabron Camp (Cyclops), Senopi, Sinimburu, Wandammen Peninsula. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: From Oriental region through Indonesia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands.

DATA SOURCES: BMNH, RMNH, Sandra Lamberts.

 

 

 

 

 

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