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The Ennominae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) of Papua Indonesia

by Rob de Vos

Polycrasta cinereomarginata (Pagenstecher, 1888)

inconspicua (Warren, 1896)
ocellata Warren, 1896

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: Widely distributed on New Guinea. A common species.The species is quite variable: in males the discal spot on the hindwing may be black, white or even lacking. Females differ in the marbled pattern.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Waigeo Island: Camp Nok; Supiori Island: Nansfori; Yapen Island: Kabuena, Mantembu; New Guinea: Arfak Mts, Fakfak, Mt. Goliath, Ninay Valley, Nomnagihé, Upper Setekwa River, Sabron Camp (Cyclops), Uskwar, Utakwa River, Wandammen Peninsula, Wembi. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Papua New Guinea, Queensland (Australia).

DATA SOURCES: NHMUK, RMNH, Rob de Vos, Joop Schaffers, Siep Sinnema, Wouter Teunissen (iNaturalist), Peter Jan de Vries.

 

 

 

 

 

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