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

by Rob de Vos

 

Agathiopsis maculata Warren, 1896

ssp. unanimis Warren, 1912

 

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: A common species, widely distributed. The species is slightly sexual dimorph.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Supiori Island: Nansfori; New Guinea: Abmisibil, Ampas, Fakfak, Getentiri, Mt. Goliath, Hollandia, Ifar, Keerom, Mt. Kunupi, Kwiniri, Ninay Valley, Nomnagihé, Pim, Sabron Camp (Cyclops), Sentani, Upper Setekwa River, Uskwar, Utakwa River, Wambes, Wandammen Mts. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Sulawesi, probably also Moluccas, Papua New Guinea, Queensland (Australia).

DATA SOURCES: BMNH, RMNH, Sandra Lamberts, Daawia Suhartawan.

 

 

 

 

 

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