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The Goat Moths (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) of Papua Indonesia

by Rob de Vos

(dedicated to the late Dr. Pim Schoorl)

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Listed Papua species: 27

 

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Cossinae

Roepkiella Yakovlev & Witt, 2009

cf. celebensis Roepke, 1957

Zeuzerinae

Xyleutes Hübner, [1820]

keyensis Strand, 1919

persona (Le Guillou, 1841)
leucolophus (Guérin-Méneville, [1829])
leuconota (Walker, 1856)
biakensis Roepke, 1957

strix (Linnaeus, 1758)
signata (Walker, 1856)
bubo (Butler, 1882)
tigrata (Houlbert, 1916)

Chalcidica Hübner, [1820]

pallescens (Roepke, 1955)
archboldi (Roepke, 1955) infraspecific name

Zeuzera Latreille, 1804

caudata Joicey & Talbot, 1916

conferta Walker, 1856

reticulata Joicey & Talbot, 1916
buergersi Gaede, 1933

roricyanea Walker, 1862
neuropunctata Gaede, 1933

indica Herrich-Schäffer, [1854]
paucipunctata Walker, 1856
viridimacula Matsumura, 1931

Tarsozeuzera Schoorl, 1990

miklukhomaklayi Yakovlev, 2011 [endemic]

Duomitus Butler, 1880

ceramica (Walker, 1865)
ligneus Butler, 1880
bosschae (Heylaerts, 1892)

Skeletophyllon Schoorl, 1990

kalinini Yakovlev, 2011 [endemic]

perdrix (Roepke, 1955) [endemic]

Trismelasmos Schoorl, 1990

albicans (Roepke, 1955) [endemic]

arfakensis Yakovlev, 2011b [endemic]

cinerosa (Roepke, 1955) [endemic]

dejongi Schoorl, 2001 [endemic]

elegans (Roepke, 1955)

jordani (Roepke, 1955) [endemic]

magellani Yakovlev, 2006 [endemic]

minimus (Houlbert, 1916)

mixta (Pagenstecher, 1887)

papuana (Roepke, 1955)

papuasi Yakovlev, 2011b [endemic]

snowensis Yakovlev, 2011b [endemic]

tectorius (Swinhoe, 1901)

valentini Yakovlev, 2011 [endemic]

Panau Schoorl, 1990

variegata (Roepke, 1957)

 

last update on 2 May 2023

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Literature

Schoorl, J.W., 1990. A phylogenetic study on Cossidae (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia) based on external adult morphology. Zoölogische Verhandelingen 263: 1-295.
Schoorl, J.W., 2001. A new species of Trismelasmos (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) from Irian Jaya. Entomologische Berichten, Amsterdam 61(7): 99-100.
Yakovlev, R.V., 2006. New Cossidae (Lepidoptera) from Asia, Africa and Macronesia. Tinea 19(3): 188-213.
Yakovlev, R.V., 2011a. Two new species of the goat moths (Lepidoptera, Cossidae) from New Guinea. Amurian zoological journal 3(3): 284-286.
Yakovlev, R.V., 2011b. Catalogue of the Family Cossidae of the Old World (Lepidoptera). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 66: 1-129.