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The Ennominae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) of Papua Indonesia
by Rob de Vos
Catoria delectaria (Walker, 1866)
ssp. delectaria (Walker, 1866)
ssp. vernans Prout, 1929
Distribution
STATUS: The nominate subspecies is widely distributed, but on Numfor Island an endemic subspecies with reduced pattern occurs. Not a common species.
PAPUA LOCALITIES: ssp. vernans: Numfor Island: Suer; ssp. delectaria: Misool Island; Roon Island; New Guinea: Kapaur (Fakfak), Mt. Goliath, Sorong, Utakwa River. Details in gazetteer.
EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Moluccas, Papua New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Queensland (Australia).
DATA SOURCES: BMNH, RMNH.