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The Emerald Moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Geometrinae) of Papua Indonesia

by Rob de Vos

 

Aeolochroma prasina (Warren, 1896)

ssp. prasina (Warren, 1896)
ssp. spadicocampa Prout, 1917

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: A common species. In Papua represented by two subspecies, on Biak an endemic subspecies occurs.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: ssp. prasina: Waigeo Island: Camp Nok; Numfor Island: Suer; New Guinea: Ampas, Fakfak, Hollandia, Miei, Ninay Valley, Nomnagihé, Pim, Upper Setekwa River, Mt. Sabron, Uskwar, Utakwa River; ssp. spadicocampa: Biak Island. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea.

DATA SOURCES: BMNH, RMNH.

 

 

 

 

 

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