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The Ennominae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) of Papua Indonesia

by Rob de Vos

 

Lomographa prosticta (Prout, 1929)

 

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: A common species, but might easily be confused with Plectoneura albida. Lomographa prosticta has the hindwing margin rounded and white, while in P. albida the margin has an angle and usually is yellow. Underside of both wings of prosticta is white, while in P. albida it is suffused with yellow or ochreous.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Abmisibil, Araboebivak, Bivak 39a (Star Mts Exp. 1959), Mt. Kunupi, Mokwam, Molbakon, Nomnagihé, Pass Valley, Sibil, Timeepa, Tuan Wowi. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea.

DATA SOURCES: NHMUK, RMNH.

 

 

 

 

 

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