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

by Rob de Vos

Eucyclodes decorata (Warren, 1906)

ssp. goliathensis (Prout, 1913)

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: Widely distributed in New Guinea, a common species. The differences between the nomotypical subspecies and ssp. goliathensis are doubtful, it probably concerns just one subspecies.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Abmisibil, Fakfak, Mt. Goliath, Mt. Kunupi, Mokwam, Meni (Arfak), Ninay Valley, Pass Valley, Sibil, Utakwa River, Walmak, Wandammen Peninsula. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea.

DATA SOURCES: BMNH, RMNH, Sandra Lamberts, Joop Schaffers, Siep Sinnema, Hiroaki Takenouchi.

 

 

 

 

 

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