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The Ennominae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) of Papua Indonesia

by Rob de Vos

 

Luxiaria inferna (Warren, 1903)

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: A common species, widely distributed. The taxon inferna was considered to be a subspecies of submonstrata Walker, 1861 (LepIndex). However, Holloway (1993) stated, that submonstrata does not occur east from Borneo, so the taxon inferna is considered here as to be the representative species in the Moluccas and New Guinea. Luxiaria inferna is distinctly larger than submonstrata and in males with extended white pattern (in submonstrata almost plain grey).

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Supiori Island: Nansfori; Yapen Island: Mambo; New Guinea: Asike, Fakfak, Getentiri, Mapi, Mokwam, Ninay Valley, Omban, Sabron Camp (Cyclops), Upper Setekwa River, Sibil, Utakwa River. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Moluccas, Papua New Guinea.

DATA SOURCES: NHMUK, RMNH, John Kaize, Joop Schaffers, Siep Sinnema, Peter Jan de Vries.

 

 

 

 

 

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