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

by Rob de Vos

Eucyclodes pieroides (Walker, 1861)

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: Typical for Australia, in New Guinea it is an Ice Age relict (when Australia and New Guinea were connected) and therefore found in the southern parts of New Guinea.

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

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea, Australia.

DATA SOURCES: BMNH, RMNH.

 

 

 

 

 

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