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The Emerald Moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Geometrinae) of Papua Indonesia

by Rob de Vos

 

Comostola leucomerata (Walker, 1866)

ssp. flavifimbria Warren, 1906


Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: Widely distributed, represented in New Guinea by ssp. flavifimbria. Not common.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Waigeo Island: Camp Nok; Biak Island: Japanese cave nr. Biak; New Guinea: Mt. Goliath, Mt. Lina (Cyclops), Manunggal (Abmisibil), Pass Valley, Sabron Camp (Cyclops). Details in gazetteer.

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

DATA SOURCES: BMNH, RMNH.