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The Ennominae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) of Papua Indonesia

by Rob de Vos

 

Eucharidema arfaka Joicey & Talbot, 1917

 

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: Only known from the Arfak Mountains. A rare species. Very similar to E. aroensis (Rothschild, 1904), only differing in the white marking being more reduced in arfaka. Genitalia study should reveal if both are conspecific.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Anggi Lakes (Arfak). Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: none.

DATA SOURCES: NHMUK.

 

 

 

 

 

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