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The Ennominae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) of Papua Indonesia

by Rob de Vos

 

Clepsimelea phryganeoides Warren, 1897

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: A common and widely distributed species. Very conspicuous and unmistaken. The specimens from New Guinea seem smaller and darker than those in the western part of its distribution area. Those in Sulawesi are with more contrasted pattern and the largest in size.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Waigeo Island: Camp Nok; New Guinea: achterland Hollandia (south of Jayapura), Cyclops Camp, Depapre, Dotir, Mt. Goliath, Mt. Kunupi, Mabilabol, Ninay Valley, Nomnagihé, Ok Sibil, Prafi, Sabron Camp (Cyclops), Upper Setekwa River, Sibil, Sinimburu, Tandia, Timeepa, Uskwar, Utakwa River, Walmak, Wamena, Warmare Dua, Wataikwa River. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Borneo, Sulawesi, Moluccas, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Fiji and New Caledonia.

DATA SOURCES: BMNH, RMNH, Joop Schaffers, Peter Jan de Vries.

 

 

 

 

 

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