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

by Rob de Vos

Hemithea wuka (Pagenstecher, 1886)

ssp. wuka (Pagenstecher, 1886)
graminea (Hampson, 1891)
pictifimbria Warren, 1896
isabella Prout, 1917
iosoma (Meyrick, 1889)
australis Prout, 1933
mapsaurica Prout, 1933
vulcanensis Prout, 1933
doddi Prout, 1933
tranquilla Prout, 1935

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: Outside New Guinea a common species, less abundant in Papua.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Roon Island: Yende; New Guinea: Boma, Fakfak, Ifar, Jembatan Dua, Keerom, Rasiei, Sabron Camp (Cyclops), Timeepa. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Indo-Australian tropics from India and Sri Lanka to the Solomon Islands, Queensland (Australia), Papua New Guinea.

DATA SOURCES: BMNH, RMNH, Daawia Suhartawan.

 

 

 

 

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