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The Ennominae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) of Papua Indonesia

by Rob de Vos

 

Cypra delicatula Boisduval, 1832

embranacea (Felder, 1874)

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: A common species, especially in lowland areas. There is some variation in the vague pattern at the margins and the different wing shapes indicate that there might be at least two species among the known material. Results of recent study will soon follow.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Misool Island; Waigeo Island: Camp Nok; Biak Island: Biak; Roon Island; Japen Island: Ansus; Numfor Island: Suer; New Guinea: Andai, Base Camp (Utakwa River), Borme, Canoe Camp (Utakwa River), Djalan River, Dorey (Manokwari), Eilanden River, Etna Bay, Fakfak, Fyria River (Buruway), Hollandia (Jayapura), Humboldt Bay, Kwatizore, Mamberamo River, Sabron Camp, Senopi, Upper Setekwa River, Utakwa River, Wai Sai River, Wandammen Peninsula, Wangaar. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea.

DATA SOURCES: BMNH, KSP, RMNH.

 

 

 

 

 

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