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

by Rob de Vos

Maxates orthodesma Lower, 1894

ssp. albifusa Warren, 1896

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: Widely distributed on New Guinea and Moluccas, a common species. There is some variation in the dark pattern on the wings. In some specimens the bands can be much narrower.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: Waigeo Island: Camp Nok; Misool Island; New Guinea: Ampas, Besum, Demaisi, Depapre, Fakfak, Huri-Mber, Ifar, Josko, Kwerba, Lelambo, Manokwari, Meni, Mokwam, Nimbokrang, Ninay Valley, Nomnagihé, Pukusam, Sabron Camp (Cyclops), Sawia, Upper Setekwa River, Timeepa, Tuan Wowi, Uskwar, Utakwa River, Walmak, Wambes, Wandammen Mts, Wembi. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Buru, Papua New Guinea.

DATA SOURCES: BMNH, RMNH, Sandra Lamberts, Jean Michel, Joop Schaffers, Siep Sinnema, Gilbert Zakine.

 

 

 

 

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