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

by Rob de Vos

Prasinocyma coerulea (Warren, 1903)


Distribution

 

 

 

 

STATUS: A common species. Easily distinguished by the orange-white blotch dorsally on the abdomen.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Waigeo Island: Camp Nok; New Guinea: Ninay Valley, Nomnagihé, Sabron Camp (Cyclops), Senopi, Upper Setekwa River, Sinimburu, Tuan Wowi, Utakwa River. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea.

DATA SOURCES: BMNH, RMNH, Sandra Lamberts.