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The Magpie Moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae) of Papua Indonesia

by Rob de Vos

 

 

Abraxas monychata Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875

ssp. arfaki Bethune-Baker, 1911


Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: A common species. In the Indonesian part of New Guinea only found in the western part.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Waigeo Island: Camp Nok; New Guinea: Arfak, Demaisi, Fakfak (Kapaur), Ninay Valley, Nomnagihé, Wangaar. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Moluccas (ssp. monychata).

DATA SOURCES: BMNH, RMNH.