Papua-Insects.nl
The Papua Insects Foundation
about us:
The Bleninae (Lepidoptera: Nolidae) of Papua Indonesia
by Rob de Vos
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 have 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.
Listed New Guinea species: 11 [6 recorded from Papua]
Species which are not recorded with certainty from Papua yet are coloured grey
thumbnail gallery
Bleninae
Blenina Walker, [1858]
auriculata Hampson, 1912
chlorophila Hampson, 1905
donans Walker, [1858]
laportei (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
grisea Moore, 1877
pannosa Moore, 1881
metachrysa Turner, 1902
triphoenopsis Hampson, 1905
varians Hampson, 1912 [PNG]
donatis Gaede, 1937
similis Gaede, 1937ephesioides Pagenstecher, 1886
brachyptera Hampson, 1905lichenopa (Meyrick, 1897)
nigrans Bethune-Baker, 1906lichenosa Moore, 1877
variegata Moore, 1881
borneonis Gaede, 1937
lichenosella Gaede, 1937
lichenosula Gaede, 1937malachitis Hampson, 1905
auriculata Hampson, 1912
singaporica Gaede, 1937
ssp. moluccensis Prout, 1926metanyctea Hampson, 1905
obliquinaria Hampson, 1912
smaragdina Bethune-Baker, 1906
viridata Bethune-Baker, 1906
last updated 26th May 2011
