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

by Rob de Vos

Thalassodes pilaria Guenée, [1858]

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

STATUS: Widely distributed, a rather common species. Distinguished from dorsilinea and dorsipunctata by the abdomen without or with a very faint dorsal line. The median area on fore- and hindwing is somewhat darker. The fringes are green or pale yellow without punctation.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Waigeo Island: Camp Nok; New Guinea: Borme, Kouh, Ninay Valley, Nomnagihé, Sabron Camp (Cyclops), Senopi, Sinimburu, Tanahmerah, Utakwa River. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea.

DATA SOURCES: BMNH, KSP, RMNH, Siep Sinnema.

 

 

 

 

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