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

by Rob de Vos

 

Comibaena mariae (Lucas, 1888)

ssp. syndyas Prout, 1916

 

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: Widely distributed. A common species, in Papua represented by ssp. syndyas.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Waigeo Island: Camp Nok; Batanta Island; Supiori Island: Nansfori; Biak Island: Korem; New Guinea: Air Besar (Onin Peninsula), Base Camp (Utakwa River), Borme, Dotir, Fakfak, Getentiri, Mt. Goliath, Hollandia (Jayapura), Manokwari, Gn. Meja Reserve, Ninay Valley, Rasiei, Sabron Camp (Cyclops), Senopi, Tandia, Utakwa River, Wembi. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea, Queensland (Australia).

DATA SOURCES: BMNH, KSP, RMNH, Siep Sinnema.

 

 

 

 

 

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