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The Ennominae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) of Papua Indonesia

by Rob de Vos

 

Petelia distracta (Walker, 1860)

strigulataria (Walker, 1862)

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: Widely distributed in the Indo-Australian region, including New Guinea. A common species. Quite variable but always stronger patterned than the next species Petelia medardaria.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Yapen Island: Kabuena, Mantembu; New Guinea: Borme, Nimbokrang, Ninay Valley, Utakwa River, Yalimo. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: From India through Sundaland, Sulawesi, New Guinea.

DATA SOURCES: NHMUK, KSP, RMNH, Siep Sinnema, Hiroaki Takenouchi.

 

 

 

 

 

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