Distribution | Common and broadly distributed in the Pacific, occurring from the Bismarcks through the Solomons and Vanuatu eastward to and including Polynesia; Society Islands,
Indonesia (Borneo)
Fiji Islands (widespread on all islands of a hectare or more, incl. Rotuma), Western Samoa, Admirality Islands, Toga, Loh, Tegua, Hiu Islands.
New Caledonia (Loyalty Islands), Vanuatu, Solomons, Papua New Guinea (New Britain), Tonga, Wallis, Niue, Tuvalu, Tokelau, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Pitcairn Islands, Kiribati, Marshalls, Carolines, Marianas, Micronesia (e.g. Mortlock Islands, Chuuk), Nauru, Guam (one specimen only, G. Rodda, pers. comm., 13 March 2016).
USA (Hawaii)
Type locality: Tahiti.
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