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The Ennominae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) of Papua Indonesia

by Rob de Vos

 

Hyposidra talaca (Walker, 1860)

successaria (Walker, 1860)
decipiens (Walker, 1860)
deceptatura (Walker, 1860)
humiferata (Walker, 1862)
rigusaria (Walker, 1862)
bombycaria (Walker, 1866)
vampyraria Snellen, 1880
myciterna (Druce, 1888)
flaccida (Lucas, 1894)
khasiana Warren, 1894
schistacea Warren, 1896
grisea Warren, 1902

 


Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: A common species which is widely distributed in the Indo-Australian region. A general dark grey to black species without any distinct transfer lines or dots, only some diffuse darker bands are present.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Waigeo Island: Camp Nok; Yapen Island: Kali Biru; Numfor Island: Suer; New Guinea: Ampas, Andai, Base Camp (Utakwa River), Borme, Dojo, Fakfak, Humboldt Bay, Huri Mber, Manokwari, Mokwam, Nomnagihé, Omban, Pim, Rasiei, Sabron Camp (Cyclops), Sawia, Senopi, Sentani, Sibil, Sinimburu, Tandia, Upper Setekwa River, Uskwar, Utakwa River, Walmak, Wembi, Wendesi, Yuwong (Keerom). Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Indo-Australian region, from North India to the Solomon Islands..

DATA SOURCES: KSP, NHMUK, RMNH, Rob de Vos, Peter Jan de Vries, Sandra Lamberts, Siep Sinnema, Frans Groenen, Joop Schaffers.