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The Prominent Moths (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae) of Papua Indonesia

by Alexander Schintlmeister


 

 

This is a provisional checklist of the Notodontidae of Papua. The revision of the list is still in progress so the contents may change in time.

The Notodontidae are in Papua represented by at least eight subfamilies:

Dudusinae - Scranciinae - Ceirinae - Cerurinae - Dicranurinae - Notodontinae - Phalerinae - Pygaerinae - unassigned - Thaumetopoeinae

Species listed in grey are only known from Papua New Guinea and are not recorded from the Indonesian part yet

 

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Dudusinae

Tarsolepis Butler, 1872

dinawensis Bethune-Baker, 1904

Gangarides Butler, 1872

gigantea (Druce, 1909)
ssp. gigantea (Druce, 1909)
magnifica Rothschild, 1917

 

Scranciinae

Ortholomia Felder, 1861

moluccana Felder, 1861
glauca Walker, 1865
turneri Bethune-Baker, 1904
funerea Bethune-Baker, 1904
melanistis Bethune-Baker, 1916 syn. nov.

Pseudogargetta Bethune-Baker, 1904

diversa Bethune-Baker, 1904

Gargettiana Gaede, 1930

punctatissima (Bethune-Baker, 1916)
melanosticta Joicey & Talbot, 1917 syn. nov.

nomo (Kiriakoff, 1967) [status uncertain, may be a synonym of punctatissima]

Polychoa Turner, 1906

styphlopis Turner, 1906
ssp. aeruginosa Gaede, 1930

flavibasis (Rothschild, 1917)

bipuncta (Rothschild, 1917)

metallica Kiriakoff, 1967 [endemic]

Lasioceros Bethune-Baker, 1904

aroa Bethune-Baker, 1904

dentilinea Joicey & Talbot, 1917


Ceirinae

Turnaca Walker, 1865

subcarnea Warren, 1903

 

Cerurinae

Kamalia Kocak & Kemal, 2006

multipunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1904)

 

Dicranurinae

Destolmia Walker, 1855

lineata Walker, 1855
lanceolata Walker, 1865
liturata Walker, 1865
cinerea Lucas, 1891

Teleclita Turner, 1903

cinnamomea (Rothschild, 1917) [endemic]

Oxoia Kiriakoff, 1967

irrorativiridis (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
triangularis (Gaede, 1930)

Stauropus Germar, 1812

schaarschmidti Schintlmeister, 2003 [endemic]

affinis Rothschild, 1917

pratti Bethune-Baker, 1904

evanescens Gaede, 1930 [endemic]

viridissimus Bethune-Baker, 1904
ssp. viridissimus Bethune-Baker, 1904
habrochlora Turner, 1922

Syntypistis Turner, 1907

alboviridis (Rothschild, 1917)

bella (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
rufescens Rothschild, 1917
murina Kiriakoff, 1967

chloriolus (Joicey & Talbot, 1917) [endemic]

didyma (Kiriakoff, 1967)

dinawa (Bethune-Baker, 1904)

dubiosus (Bethune-Baker, 1904) [status uncertain, probably conspecific with kebeae]

famelica (Kiriakoff, 1967) [endemic]

flavicollis (Rothschild, 1917) [endemic]

histrionica (Kiriakoff, 1967) [endemic]

kebeae (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
ssp. kebeae (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
mediobrunnea (Bethune-Baker, 1916)
leucocraspedus Joicey & Talbot, 1917
melanogramma Joicey & Talbot, 1917
triplagosus (Rothschild, 1917)
trisospylus Joicey & Talbot, 1917
roseus Gaede, 1930
rufotegula Gaede, 1930
nitidula (Kiriakoff, 1967)


mediogriseus (Gaede, 1930) [endemic]

mixta (Bethune-Baker, 1916)

nana (Kiriakoff, 1967) [endemic]

nitidus (Rothschild, 1917) [endemic]

pallidifascia (Hampson, 1892)
ssp. germanus Rothschild, 1917

poecilochroa (Kiriakoff, 1967) [endemic]

purpurascens (Rothschild, 1917) [endemic]

quadrivittata (Kiriakoff, 1967) [endemic]

testacea (Kiriakoff, 1967) [endemic]

trivia (Kiriakoff, 1967) [endemic]

uskwara (Kiriakoff, 1970) [endemic]

viridigriseus (Rothschild, 1917)
sciera Turner, 1922

viridinitens (Rothschild, 1917)

Netria Walker, 1855

arisemna (Turner, 1931)

Kakostauropus Gaede, 1930

glaucoviridis (Rothschild, 1917)

Omichlis Hampson, 1895

albidilinea Gaede, 1930

calyptis (Swinhoe, 1892)
hampsoni Bethune-Baker, 1904

dinawa Bethune-Baker, 1904

erythra Bethune-Baker, 1916

griseola Bethune-Baker, 1904

leucosticta Joicey & Talbot, 1917

lineata Bethune-Baker, 1908

macrospila Kiriakoff, 1970

mediofasciata Rothschild, 1917

ochracea Bethune-Baker, 1904
immaculata Gaede, 1930

parallelistriga Rothschild, 1915 [endemic]

plagata Bethune-Baker, 1908

plagiosa Joicey & Talbot, 1917 [endemic]

plusiotis Rothschild, 1917 [endemic]

pratti Bethune-Baker, 1904 [status uncertain, could be conspecific with griseola]

pseudolibatrix Rothschild, 1917 [endemic]

renata Gaede, 1930

rufofasciata Bethune-Baker, 1904

strigata Bethune-Baker, 1908

transversa Bethune-Baker, 1908

trilineata Bethune-Baker, 1908

Omestis Bethune-Baker, 1908

bella Bethune-Baker, 1908

Archigargetta Kiriakoff, 1967

amydra (Turner, 1903)
albostigmata Rothschild, 1917
amalopa Turner, 1905
funebris Gaede, 1930
cyclopea Kiriakoff, 1967
diakonoffi Kiriakoff, 1967

Cascera Walker, 1865

bella Bethune-Baker, 1904

irrorata Rothschild, 1917
ssp. irrorata Rothschild, 1917
pallida Rothschild, 1917


perscripta Rothschild, 1917 [endemic]

marginata Rothschild, 1917 [endemic]

flavovirens Rothschild, 1917 [endemic]

albiscripta Rothschild, 1917
ssp. albiscripta Rothschild, 1917
virens Rothschild, 1917

inconcisa Swinhoe, 1892 [endemic]

latifasciata Gaede, 1930

callima Bethune-Baker, 1916
archboldiana Kiriakoff, 1967 syn. nov.

olivacea Rothschild, 1917 [endemic]
flavolavata Rothschild, 1917

variegata Rothschild, 1917 [endemic]

violetta Gaede, 1930 [endemic]

Notodontinae

Schoutenia Kiriakoff, 1970

bivittata Kiriakoff, 1970 [endemic]

meeki Rothschild, 1917

striata Rothschild, 1917
ssp. striata Rothschild, 1917

undulata (Kiriakoff, 1967)

varians (Bethune-Baker, 1908)

 

Phalerinae

Phalera Hübner, 1819

peruda Druce, 1888

 

Unassigned subfamily

Parabasis Bethune-Baker, 1904

pratti Bethune-Baker, 1904

felixi Joicey & Talbot, 1915 [endemic]


Pygaerinae

Allata Walker, 1862
sg. Allata Walker, 1862

affinis (Rothschild, 1917)
novaeguineae Kiriakoff, 1967

sg. Celeia Walker, 1865

lignea (Pagenstecher, 1894)
indistincta (Rothschild, 1917)

Clostera Samouelle, 1819

fulgurita (Walker, 1855)

rubida (Druce, 1901)

Micromelalopha Nagano, 1916

castanea (Rothschild, 1915) [endemic]

Thaumetopoeinae

Paramarane Bethune-Baker, 1910

pulchra Bethune-Baker, 1910 [endemic]
nigrolineata (Joicey, Noakes & Talbot, 1916)


list updated on 19th May 2014