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The Hooktips and False Owlet Moths (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae) of Papua Indonesia
by Peter Mackey & Rob de Vos
This page is under constant construction. This means that at any time new species can be added. Please check this page now and then for more information.
The Drepanidae are in Papua represented by two subfamilies: Thyatirinae (7 species) and Drepaninae (46 species).
thumbnail gallery Thyatirinae, Drepaninae
Thyatira Ochsenheimer, 1816
delattini Werny, 1966
papuana Ronkay, Ronkay, Laszlo & De Vos, 2021
Habrona Bethune-Baker, 1908
alboplagata Bethune-Baker, 1908
bifasciata Gaede, 1930brunnea Bethune-Baker, 1908
decora Gaede, 1930
indecora Gaede, 1930caerulescens Warren, 1915 [endemic]
concinna Warren, 1915
submarginalis Gaede, 1930marmorata (Warren, 1915)
trimacula Gaede, 1930papuata Warren, 1915
unimacula Gaede, 1930Amphitorna Turner, 1911
trogoptera (Rothschild, 1915)
Argodrepana Wilkinson, 1967
auratifrons (Warren, 1922)
denticulata Wilkinson, 1967
marilo Wilkinson, 1970
tenebra Wilkinson, 1967
umbrosa Wilkinson, 1967
verticata (Warren, 1907)
Astatochroa Turner, 1926
sulphurata (Warren, 1907)
Ausaris Walker, 1863
chionopepla (Warren, 1923)
discipunctata (Warren, 1906)
chaotica Warren, 1922micacea (Walker, 1862)
morosa (Warren, 1922)
saucia (Felder, 1861)
scintillata Walker, 1862
metaleuca Bethune-Baker, 1922
sublimbata (Warren, 1922)
superba (Warren, 1906)Canucha Walker, 1866
curvaria Walker, 1866
fleximargo Warren, 1896
sublignata Warren, 1902Ditrigona Moore, 1888
fasciata (Hampson, 1893)
Hyalospectra Warren, 1906
diaphana Warren, 1922
grisea Warren, 1906
Oreta Walker, 1855
jaspidea (Warren, 1896)
fulvata Warren, 1898
erminea Warren, 1899
hypocalla Lower, 1905
hepatica Warren, 1923perfida Warren, 1923 [endemic]
singapura Swinhoe, 1892
ssp. continua (Warren, 1899)
leucospila Joicey & Talbot, 1917
ustimacula Warren, 1923
dissimilis Warren, 1923
aurata Warren, 1923sublustris Warren, 1923 [endemic]
subvinosa Warren, 1903 [endemic]
amblyptila Warren, 1923unilinea (Warren, 1899) [endemic]
cervina Warren, 1907
mollita Warren, 1923
castaneata Warren, 1923Teldenia Moore, 1882
aurilinea Warren, 1922 [endemic]
celidographia Wilkinson, 1967 [endemic]
desma Wilkinson, 1967 [endemic]
geminata Warren, 1922 [endemic]
inanis Wilkinson, 1967
melanosticta Wilkinson, 1967 [endemic]
nigrinotata Warren, 1896
pura Warren, 1899
ruficosta Warren, 1922 [endemic]
seriata Warren, 1922
sparsata Wilkinson, 1967 [endemic]
specca Wilkinson, 1967 [endemic]
strigosa Warren, 1903
subpura (Rothschild, 1915) [endemic]
unistrigata Warren, 1896
Tridrepana Swinhoe, 1895
examplata Warren, 1922
lunulata (Butler, 1887)
fasciata Warren, 1903
mediata Warren, 1922melliflua (Warren, 1922) [endemic]
obliquitaenia Warren, 1922
olivacea Warren, 1922
semirufa Warren, 1922
elegans Warren, 1922
diluta Warren, 1922
tristigma Warren, 1922
olivacea Warren, 1931sera (Warren, 1896)
Urogonodes Warren, 1903
macrura Warren, 1923
praecisa Warren, 1923
seminigra Warren, 1923patiens (Warren, 1906)
ochracea Warren, 1923
rufula Warren, 1923
sobria Warren, 1923scintillans (Warren, 1896)
inconspicua Warren, 1899
flavida Warren, 1907
colorata Warren, 1907
cervina Warren, 1923
flaviplaga Warren, 1923
fumosa Warren, 1923
perrufa Warren, 1923
Literature
Laszlo, Gy.M., G. Ronkay, L. Ronkay & Th. Witt, 2007. The Thyatiridae of Eurasia, including the Sundaland and New Guinea (Lepidoptera). Esperiana 13: 1-687.
Ronkay, G., L. Ronkay, F.M. László & R. de Vos, 2021. A new Thyatira Ochsenheimer, 1816 (s.l.) species from New Guinea (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae, Thyatirinae). SUGAPA digital 13(2): 131-142.
Watson, A., 1957. A revision of the genus Tridrepana Swinhoe (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology 4(9): 407-500.
Watson, A., 1967. A survey of the extra-Ethiopean Oretinae (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology 19(3): 149-221.
last updated 26th November 2021
