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The Ennominae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) of Papua Indonesia

by Rob de Vos

 

Hyposidra incomptaria (Walker, 1866)

tetraspila Warren, 1896
innotata Warren, 1896
prunicolor Warren, 1897
rufoochracea Rothschild, 1915

 


Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: Widely distributed in the southern Indo-Australian region. Males have the forewing apex less strongly falcate than in castaneorufa and apicifulva. The male hindwing has the termen between tail and dorsum almost straight (in other species dentate). This common species is extremely variable.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Waigeo Island: Camp Nok; Misool Island; Numfor Island: Suer; Yapen Island: Karopai; New Guinea: Affi, Ampas, Andai, Base Camp (Utakwa River), Bijlslag, Borme, Canoe Camp (Utakwa), Cyclops Camp, Eilanden River, Fakfak, Mt. Goliath, Humboldt Bay, Ninay Valley, Nomnagihé, Omban, Pim, Pukusam, Sabron Camp (Cyclops), Sawia, Upper Setekwa River, Tomfar, Uskwar, Utakwa River, Walmak, Wambes, Wandammen Peninsula, Wembi, Werba. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Malayan Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Sulawesi, Moluccas, Gebe, Philippines, Aru, Papua New Guinea to Solomons, Queensland (Australia).

DATA SOURCES: KSP, NHMUK, RMNH, Peter Jan de Vries, Monica Guimaraes Cruz, Siep Sinnema.