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The Tussock Moths (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Lymantriinae) of Papua Indonesia
by Peter Mackey
Note: Just recently the large family Noctuidae has been revised by DNA analysis at higher taxonomic level (Zahiri et al, 2010) which resulted in a new arrangement of the traditional subfamilies within Noctuidae, Erebidae, Euteliidae and Nolidae. Former families as Lymantriidae and Arctiidae are now placed as subfamilies in the Erebidae! Although the DNA research at these taxa has not reached the end yet it has become clear that the new classification shows a more correct arrangement than the traditional one does. We follow the latest results.
This page is under constant construction. This means that at any time new species can be added. Please check this page now and then for more information.
Listed Papua species: 155 [xx endemic for Papua] (not established yet)
Arctornis Germar, 1810
dinawa (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
flaccida Toxopeus, 1948
intacta (Walker, 1866)
palea Toxopeus, 1948semihyalina Swinhoe, 1904
Artaxa Walker, 1855
fulvistriata (Swinhoe, 1903)
lunula (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
maza (Swinhoe, 1903)
pentatoxa (Collenette, 1930)
Calliteara Butler, 1881
angiana (Joicey & Talbot, 1916)
angulata (Hampson, 1895)
apoblepta (Collenette, 1955)
brunnea (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
enneaphora (Collenette, 1955)
hadromeres (Collenette, 1955) comb. nov.
hesychima (Collenette, 1955)
horsfieldii (Saunders, 1851)
arga Moore, 1860
longipennis Walker, 1862
queenslandica Strand, 1915kenricki (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
minor (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
variegata Rothschild, 1915polioleuca (Collenette, 1955)
subnigra (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
subnigropunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
wandammena (Bethune-Baker, 1916)
Cispia Walker, 1855
joiceyi Collenette, 1930
"Dasychira" Hübner, 1809 [the correct position of the species involved is not revised yet]
alboschistacea Rothschild, 1915
griseata (Rothschild, 1915)
groetscheli Bryk, 1934
fusca Rothschild, 1915ibele Collenette, 1955
nigrita (Rothschild, 1915)
plagosa Rothschild, 1915rana Collenette, 1932
Dasychiroides Bethune-Baker, 1904
bicolora Bethune-Baker, 1904
brunneostrigata Bethune-Baker, 1904
obsoleta Bethune-Baker, 1904
nigrostrigata Bethune-Baker, 1904pratti Bethune-Baker, 1904
Dendrophleps Hampson, 1893
chionobosca Collenette, 1955
lobipennis (Swinhoe, 1892)
Dura Moore, 1879
ageta Collenette, 1955
apalochroa Collenette, 1930
basistriga (Joicey & Talbot, 1917)
cinnamomina (Rothschild, 1915)
dubia (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
marginepunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
nepha (Joicey & Talbot, 1917)
niveus (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
ssp. niveus (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
ssp. percnoptera Collenette, 1938pratti (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
silca Swinhoe, 1903
sulphurea (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
Etobema Walker, 1865
antra Swinhoe, 1903
forbesi (Druce, 1899)
fusciapicalis Rothschild, 1915melanophleps Collenette, 1930
rotundata Rothschild, 1915
Euproctis Hübner, 1819
acrita Joicey & Talbot, 1917
albociliata Bethune-Baker, 1904
amagethes Collenette, 1930
anisozyga Collenette, 1955
anomoeoptena Collenette, 1932
apatetica Collenette, 1930
aresca Collenette, 1955
arfaki Bethune-Baker, 1910
asaphobalia Collenette, 1932
aurantiicolor Rothschild, 1915
bakeri Collenette, 1930
bisecta Rothschild, 1915
brunneipicta Collenette, 1930
chlora Joicey & Talbot, 1917
chlorogaster Collenette, 1938
chlorospila Joicey & Talbot, 1917
dichroa Felder, 1861
armandvillei Oberthur, 1894diselena Collenette, 1932
disphena Collenette, 1930
drucei Swinhoe, 1903
titania Druce, 1899epaxia Turner, 1906
euthysticha Collenette, 1955
faceta Swinhoe, 1903
flavicaput Bethune-Baker, 1904
flavipunctata Bethune-Baker, 1916
fusca Rothschild, 1915
gilvivirgata Collenette, 1932
habbema Collenette, 1955
hemicneca Collenette, 1955
hemigenes Collenette, 1932
huntei Warren, 1903
hylaea Collenette, 1955
hymnolis Turner, 1921
hypocloa Collenette, 1932
iseres Collenette, 1955
kunupi Collenette, 1938
leonina (Turner, 1903)
lipara Collenette, 1930lutea (Fabricius, 1775)
chrysophila Walker, 1865
iobrota Meyrick, 1891luteomarginata Bethune-Baker, 1908
lunula Bethune-Baker, 1908mambara Bethune-Baker, 1908
meeki Bethune-Baker, 1904
mycoides Collenette, 1930
nebulosa Rothschild, 1915
novaguinensis Bethune-Baker, 1904
ochrocerca Collenette, 1932
ochropleura Collenette, 1932
osuna Swinhoe, 1903
parallelaria Bethune-Baker, 1904
poliocerca Collenette, 1930
postbicolor Rothschild, 1915
pratti Bethune-Baker, 1904
ssp. albonotata Joicey & Talbot, 1916pulchra Bethune-Baker, 1908
rotunda Bethune-Baker, 1908
seminigra Joicey & Talbot, 1916
semirufa Joicey & Talbot, 1917
subnobilis (Snellen, 1881)
simulans Butler, 1884
ericydes Turner, 1904
lincea Strand, 1923
aruana Strand, 1923tetrabalia Collenette, 1930
thiocosma Collenette, 1955
virginea Bethune-Baker, 1904
xuthoaria Collenette, 1955
yulei Bethune-Baker, 1904
zorodes Collenette, 1955
Laelia Stephens, 1828
hodopoea Collenette, 1955
Leucoma Stephens, 1828
impressa (Snellen, 1877)
sericea (Moore, 1879)
ssp. avolaensis Bethune-Baker, 1916
horridula Collenette, 1934
tafa Collenette, 1951Lymantria Hübner, 1819
doreyensis Collenette, 1933
ekeikei Bethune-Baker, 1904
flavoneura Joicey & Talbot, 1916
ganaroides Strand, 1917
geoffmartini Schintlmeister, 2004
honeyi Schintlmeister, 2004
kebeae Bethune-Baker, 1904
lunata Stoll, 1781
lygaea Bethune-Baker, 1908
monoides Collenette, 1932
ninayi Bethune-Baker, 1910
novaguineensis Bethune-Baker, 1904
pagenstecheri Schintlmeister, 2004
syntropha Collenette, 1955
toxopeusi Collenette, 1955
Nygmia Hübner, 1820
aeruginosa (Collenette, 1932)
araucaria (Collenette, 1955)
panselena (Collenette, 1931)
rubida (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
rubroradiata (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
sublutea (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
Olene Hübner, 1823
celaenica (Collenette, 1955) comb. nov.
mendosa Hübner, 1823
sawanta Moore, 1859
fusiformis Walker, 1855
lanceolata Walker, 1855
basalis Walker, 1855
basigera Walker, 1865
divisa Walker, 1865
distinguenda Walker, 1865
basivitta Walker, 1869
invasa Walker, 1869Orgyia Ochsenheimer, 1810
papuana Riotte, 1976
postica (Walker, 1855)
Papuaroa Collenette, 1955
miccyla Collenette, 1955
Parakanchia Bethune-Baker, 1908
cyclops Collenette, 1951
irregularis (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
grisea Bethune-Baker, 1908opaca Collenette, 1955
Pellucens Bethune-Baker, 1910
lactea Bethune-Baker, 1910
subdenudata (Rothschild, 1915)
Porthmeia Bethune-Baker, 1908
pyrozona Collenette, 1930
subnigra Bethune-Baker, 1908
radiata Bethune-Baker, 1916Soreutoneura Collenette, 1930
daedala Collenette, 1930
Teia Walker, 1855
dewara (Swinhoe, 1903)
dewarra sensu auct. (misspelling)Toxoproctis Holloway, 1999
coniochroa (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
(list updated on 21st November 2010)
Literature
Zahiri, R., I.J. Kitching, J.D. Lafontaine, M. Mutanen, L. Kaila, J.D. Holloway & N. Wahlberg, 2010. A new molecular phylogeny offers hope for a stable family level classification of the Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera). Zoologica Scripta 2010: 1-16.
