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Alucita argyrospodia (Diakonoff, 1954), at light in Walmak in 2008 (Jayawijaya Mountains)

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The Many-plumed Moths (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) of Papua Indonesia

by Cees Gielis

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The checklist is based on all relevant literature and completed with collection data. Species from New Guinea which are not found (yet) in the Indonesian part are coloured grey in this checklist.

Listed Papua species: 27 (34 species in New Guinea)

 

Alucita Linnaeus, 1758

abenahoensis Gielis, 2009

anticoma (Meyrick, 1929)

aramsolkiensis Gielis, 2009

argyrospodia (Diakonoff, 1954)

baliochlora (Meyrick, 1929)

brachyophimus (Hering, 1917)

cymographa (Meyrick, 1929)

deboeri Gielis, 2009

dejongi Gielis, 2009

devosi Gielis, 2009

eteoxantha (Meyrick, 1929)

eudasys (Diakonoff, 1954)

eurynephala (Meyrick, 1929)

lackneri Gielis, 2009

mabilabolensis Gielis, 2009

manneringi Gielis, 2009

microdesma (Meyrick, 1929)

micrographa (Diakonoff, 1954)

niphadosema (Diakonoff, 1954)

nipsana Gielis, 2009

ochraspis (Meyrick, 1929)

ochrobasalis Van Mastrigt & Gielis, 2009

papuaensis Gielis, 2009

rutteni Gielis, 2009

semophantis (Meyrick, 1929)

vanmastrigti Gielis, 2009

walmakiensis Gielis, 2009

wamenaensis Gielis, 2009

withaari Gielis, 2009

xanthozona (Diakonoff, 1954)

zumkehri Gielis, 2009

zwieri Gielis, 2009

 

Hebdomactis Meyrick, 1929

crystallodes Meyrick, 1929

 

Triscaedecia Hampson, 1905

septemdactyla (Pagenstecher, 1900)

 

(Checklist last updated on 15th December 2009)

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Literature

Gielis, C., 2009. Additions to the Alucitidae of Papua, Indonesia (Lepidoptera). Boletín Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 44: 15-33.
Mastrigt, H. van & C. Gielis, 2009. Some important notes on Alucitidae (Lepidoptera) of Papua, Indonesia, with description of a new species. Suara Serangga Papua 4(2): 34-39.