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

by Rob de Vos

Tanaorhinus curiosa Swinhoe, 1902

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

STATUS: The species is widely distributed in the Archipelago, but it is rare in Papua. Similar to Thalassodes umbrimedia Warren, 1903, but larger and with the undulate line dark shaded on the paler wings (in umbrimedia the basal area is more filled with darker coloration and the line is more regular).

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Pass Valley, Sibil. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Sunda Islands, Sulawesi, probably also Moluccas.

DATA SOURCES: BMNH, RMNH.

 

 

 

 

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