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

by Rob de Vos

Olerospila oleraria (Guenée, [1858])

ssp. oleraria (Guenée, [1858])

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: The species has a very wide distribution from Malaysia to the Solomon Islands. In Papua not common. In New Guinea the nomotypical subspecies is represented.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Boma, Borme, Getentiri, Mt. Goliath, Sabron Camp (Cyclops), Utakwa River. Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi, Seram, Papua New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands.

DATA SOURCES: BMNH, KSP, RMNH.

 

 

 

 

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