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by Thomas Sobczyk

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Listed Papua species: 25 (endemic species for Papua not yet defined)

 

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Oiketicinae

Acanthopsyche Heylaerts, 1881

diaphana (Pagenstecher, 1900)

lemkaminensis Sobczyk, 2011

Amatissa Walker, 1862

insularia Sobczyk, 2011

mussauensis Sobczyk, 2011

Claniades Bethune-Baker, 1908

ekeikei Bethune-Baker, 1908

Cryptothelea Duncan & Westwood, 1841

fuscescens (Snellen, 1879)

Dappula Moore, 1883

tertia (Templeton, 1847)

Eumeta Walker, 1855

variegata (Snellen, 1879)

layardii Moore, 1892
maxima Butler, 1882
bougainvillea Strand, 1914

Hyalinaria Bethune-Baker, 1910

fuscibasis Bethune-Baker, 1910

Hyaloptila Turner, 1947

melanosoma Turner, 1947

Mahasena Moore, 1877

corbetti Tams, 1928

Metura Walker, 1855

spec.nov.

Pseudoclania Bethune-Baker, 1915

dinawaensis Bethune-Baker, 1915

Psychinae

Psyche Schrank, 1801

dyaulensis Sobczyk, 2011

Naryciinae

Narycia Stephens, 1833

negligata Diakonoff, 1955

Pseudarbelinae

Pseudarbela Sauber, 1902

aurea (Bethune-Baker, 1904)

celaena (Bethune-Baker, 1904)

papuana Clench, 1959

Subfamily unknown

Apoecis Diakonoff, 1955

anholoxantha Diakonoff, 1955

stenomorpha Diakonoff, 1955

Themeliotis Meyrick, 1910

notocrossa Meyrick, 1917

progremna Meyrick, 1931

projectrix Meyrick, 1930

stereodes Meyrick, 1910

 

[last update on 6th February 2012]

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Literature

Diakonoff, A., 1955. Microlepidoptera of New Guinea. Results of the third Archbold Expedition (American-Netherlands Indian Expedition 1938–1939) Part. 5. – Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Afdeling Natuurkunde 2 50 (3): 1–212.
Kamarudin, N., G. Robinson & M.B. Wahid, 1994. Common Bagworm Pests (Lepidoptera: Psychidae) of Oil Palm in Malaysia with notes on related South-east Asian species. – Malayan Nature Journal 48: 93–123.
Meyrick, E., 1930. Exotic Microlepidoptera 3 (18): 545–576.
Pagenstecher, A.A.F., 1900. Die Lepidopterenfauna des Bismarck-Archipels. Mit Berücksichtigung der thiergeografischen und biologischen Verhältnisse. Zweiter Theil. Die Nachtfalter. – Zoologica 29: 1–268, 2 Tafeln.
Sobczyk, T., 2011a. Die Psychidae (Lepidoptera) des Bismarck-Archipels gesammelt auf der Noona Dan Expedition 1961/62 aus dem Museum Kopenhagen mit einer Checklist der Psychidae Papua Neuguineas. – Entomologische Zeitschrift 121 (6): 243-253.
Sobczyk, T., 2011b. Psychidae. In. World Catalogue of Insects 10. Apollo Books Stenstrup. 467 pp.