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

by Rob de Vos

 

Dioscore pratti (Prout, 1924)

 

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: A rare species. Only known by the holotype. Similar to the allied Dioscore fulgurata and D. homoeotes but with stronger white undulate line and the wing margin somewhat indented. It was originally placed in Prasinocyma.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Mt. Kunupi. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: none.

DATA SOURCES: BMNH.

 

 

 

 

 

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