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The Tussock Moths (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) of Papua Indonesia

by Peter Mackey


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: 149 [xx endemic for Papua] (not established yet)

Arctornis Germar, 1810

dinawa (Bethune-Baker, 1904)

flaccida Toxopeus, 1948

intacta (Walker, 1866)

palea Toxopeus, 1948

Artaxa Walker, 1855

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)

hesychima (Collenette, 1955)

horsfieldii (Saunders, 1851)
arga Moore, 1860
longipennis Walker, 1862
queenslandica Strand, 1915

kenricki (Bethune-Baker, 1904)

minor (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
variegata Rothschild, 1915

polioleuca (Collenette, 1955)

subnigra (Bethune-Baker, 1904)

subnigropunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1904)

wandammena (Bethune-Baker, 1916)

Dasychira Hübner, 1809

alboschistacea Rothschild, 1915

celaenica Collenette, 1955

griseata (Rothschild, 1915)

groetscheli Bryk, 1934
fusca Rothschild, 1915

hadromeres Collenette, 1955

ibele Collenette, 1955

nigrita (Rothschild, 1915)

plagosa Rothschild, 1915

rana Collenette, 1932

Dasychiroides Bethune-Baker, 1904

bicolora Bethune-Baker, 1904

brunneostrigata Bethune-Baker, 1904

obsoleta Bethune-Baker, 1904
nigrostrigata Bethune-Baker, 1904

pratti Bethune-Baker, 1904

Dendropleps 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)

pratti (Bethune-Baker, 1904)

silca Swinhoe, 1903

sulphurea (Bethune-Baker, 1904)

Etobema Walker, 1865

antra Swinhoe, 1903

forbesi (Druce, 1899)

fusciapicalis Rothschild, 1915

melanophleps 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, 1894

diselena Collenette, 1932

disphena Collenette, 1930

drucei Swinhoe, 1903
titania Druce, 1899

epaxia 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, 1930

lutea (Fabricius, 1775)
chrysophila Walker, 1865
iobrota Meyrick, 1891

luteomarginata Bethune-Baker, 1908
lunula Bethune-Baker, 1908

mambara 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, 1916

pulchra 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, 1923

tetrabalia 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. sericea Moore, 1879
virgo Swinhoe, 1903
loda Collenette, 1947
ssp. avolaensis Bethune-Baker, 1916
horridula Collenette, 1914
ssp. tafa Collenette, 1951

Lymantria Hübner, 1819

doreyensis Collenette, 1933

ekeikei Bethune-Baker, 1904

flavoneura Joicey & Talbot, 1916

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

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, 1869

Orgyia 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, 1908

opaca 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, 1916

Soreutoneura Collenette, 1930

daedala Collenette, 1930

Teia Walker, 1855

dewara (Swinhoe, 1903)
dewarra sensu auct. (misspelling)

 

(list updated on 28th October 2007)