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The Inchworms (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) of Papua Indonesia
by Rob de Vos
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.
The checklist is based on relevant literature and additional collection records.
Listed Papua species: 59 [until now] [xx endemic subspecies for Papua]
At this moment only the Milionia and related genera are listed (Inoue, 2005)]
Ennominae
Craspedosis Butler, 1877
flavidistata Prout, 1924 [endemic]
rubicunda Inoue, 2004 [endemic]
Callhistia Druce, 1883
angelus (Rothschild, 1898)
brevipennis (Jordan & Rothschild, 1895)
dohertyi (Rothschild, 1897)
grandis Druce, 1883
ssp. kaporana (Rothschild, 1898)
ssp. latiplaga (Prout, 1918)
leucomelas (Montrouzier, [1856])
ssp. callimorpha Oberthür, 1894meforana (Rothschild, 1897)
wollastoni (Rothschild, 1915)
Eumilionia Thierry-Mieg, 1904
mediofasciata (Rothschild, 1896)
dubiosa Rothschild, 1897Extramilionia Inoue, 2005
flaviventris (Rothschild, 1896)
Idiomilionia Inoue, 2005
ventralis (Rothschild, 1904)
ssp. rubrifascia (Joicey & Talbot, 1915)Lobocraspeda Warren, 1897
albofascia Inoue, 2005
coeruleonitens Rothschild, 1915
coeruleostriga Warren, 1897
ssp. coeruleostriga Warren, 1897latefascia Rothschild, 1915
Macromilionia Inoue, 2005
macrospila (Jordan, 1903)
Milionia Walker, 1854
aglaia Rothschild & Jordan, 1905
ssp. buergersi Gaede, 1922
amabilis Inoue, 2000arfaki Bethune-Baker, 1910
basicyanea Inoue, 2000
basiviridis Bethune-Baker, 1910
caerulea Joicey & Talbot, 1916
callima Rothschild & Jordan, 1905
carycina Prout, 1924
clarissima (Walker, [1865])
lysistrata Kirsch, 1877curosyne Prout, 1931
diva Rothschild, 1904
ssp. constans Prout, 1924
endoi Inoue, 2000eutyches Prout, 1924
flavostriga Bethune-Baker, 1910
hypercallima Bethune-Baker, 1915
callima Bethune-Baker 1910illustris Joicey & Talbot, 1916
incredula Inoue, 2002
isodoxa Prout, 1923
keberai Bethune-Baker, 1910
knowlei Joicey & Talbot, 1915
lamprima Rothschild & Jordan, 1907
lepida Jordan, 1915
mastrigti Inoue, 2003
mediorubra Inoue, 2000
megadema Rothschild & Jordan, 1907
ssp. ptochica Prout, 1924
optabilis Jordan, 1916paradisea Jordan, 1903
ssp. paradisea Jordan, 1903rawakensis (Quoy & Gaimard, [1825])
ssp. rawakensis (Quoy & Gaimard, [1825])
flammula Vollenhoven, 1863
requina Butler, 1883
aurora Thierry-Mieg, 1897
biconfluens Thierry-Mieg, 1897
rothschildi Thierry-Mieg, 1897
laglaizei Thierry-Mieg, 1897
ssp. optima (Walker, [1865])rubra Joicey & Talbot, 1915
rubristrigata Bethune-Baker, 1910
semirutila Prout, 1924
wandammenensae Joicey & Talbot, 1916
witleyensis Joicey & Talbot, 1916
xanthica Joicey & Talbot, 1915
xanthobathra Prout, 1923
Ovimilionia Inoue, 2005
ovata (Rothschild & Jordan, 1907)
Paramilionia Inoue, 2005
magna (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
rona (Rothschild, 1897)
weiskei (Rothschild, 1901)
ssp. rubidifascia (Joicey & Talbot, 1915)Praesos Walker, 1854
mariana (White, 1852)
ssp. irianensis Inoue, 2005Pseudomilionia Inoue, 2005
dysphanioides (Rothschild, 1896)
Retromilionia Inoue, 2005
distorta (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
last updated 9 March 2006
Literature
Inoue H., 2004. Two new species of the genus Craspedosis Butler from New Guinea (Geometridae, Ennominae). Tinea 18(3): 209-211.
Inoue H., 2005. Illustrated and annotated catalogue of the genus Milionia and allied genera (Geometridae, Ennominae). Tinea 18 (Supplement 2): 1-27 (49 plates).
