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

by Rob de Vos

Dysphania centralis Rothschild, 1901

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: A rare species. It is only found in southern New Guinea. The species is probably an Ice Age relict from the time that New Guinea and Australia were connected by the dry Torres Strait. In Papua New Guinea it is also found in the very South.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Merauke. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea.

DATA SOURCES: BMNH, RMNH.

 

 

 

 

 

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