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

by Rob de Vos

Idiochlora celataria (Walker, 1866)

thalassica (Turner, 1904)


Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: Widely distributed in Indo-Australia, a common species but in Papua rare and only found near Jayapura.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Depapre, Ifar, Jembatan Dua (nr Waena). Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Malayia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea.

DATA SOURCES: BMNH, RMNH.