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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

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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.

 

 

 

 

 

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