Papua Insects Foundation (Lepidoptera/Erebidae/[Arctiidae]Arctiinae)

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 checklist is based on all relevant literature. Many names are listed in a still unpublished modern reviewed taxonomic status (see for detailed information the species pages). It is the intention to publish this review in the near future.

Listed Papua species: 361 [116 endemic for Papua] species names in grey concern those not yet with certainty recorded from Indonesian New Guinea.

sg. Luctuosana De Vos, 2010

luctuosa (Vollenhoven, 1863)
ssp. instructa Walker, 1864
kapaurensis Swinhoe, 1903
dinawa Bethune-Baker, 1904
nigripuncta Joicey & Talbot, 1916 (infraspecific name)

sg. Nyctemera Hübner, [1820]

clathratum (Vollenhoven, 1863)
absurdum Swinhoe, 1892

leopoldi Tams, 1935 [endemic]

oninica De Vos, 2007 [endemic]

mesolychna Meyrick, 1889
pratti Bethune-Baker, 1904

latimargo (Rothschild, 1915) [endemic]

baulus (Boisduval, 1832)
secundiana Lucas, 1892
secundarium sensu auct. (misspelling)
nigrovena Swinhoe, 1903

mastrigti De Vos, 1996

kebeae Bethune-Baker, 1904
ssp. intermedia De Vos, 1997
ssp. occidentalis De Vos, 1997

warmasina Bethune-Baker, 1910 [endemic]

sg. Dondera Moore, 1877

hyalina Bethune-Baker, 1910
ssp. hyalina Bethune-Baker, 1910*

sg. Deilemera Hübner, [1820]

evergista Stoll, 1782
ssp. agagles Boisduval, 1832
aeres Boisduval, 1832 (in part)
ssp. uniplaga Swinhoe, 1903

Ceryx Wallengren, 1863

ampla (Walker, [1865] )

formicina (Swinhoe, 1892)

puncta (Druce, 1898) [endemic]

swinhoei Bethune-Baker, 1904

Eressa Walker, 1854

ypleta (Swinhoe, 1892) [endemic]

Hyalaethea Butler, 1887

attemae De Vos, 2010 [endemic]

dohertyi Rothschild, 1910 [endemic]

obraztsovi De Vos, 2010 [endemic]

Paralaethia Hampson, 1907

subformicina (Bethune-Baker, 1904)

Pseudoceryx Rothschild, 1910

dohertyi Rothschild, 1910 [endemic]

Amata Fabricius, 1807

alberti Rothschild, 1911

annulata (Fabricius, 1775)

aperta (Walker, 1864)

aurofasciata (Swinhoe, 1892)
arfakensis Rothschild, 1911
micantala Hulstaert, 1923

huebneri (Boisduval, 1829)

Trichaeta Swinhoe, 1892

aurantiobasis (Rothschild, 1910)

list updated on 12th November 2024

Literature

De Vos, R., 2010. Nyctemera. In: Dubatolov, V.V., 2010. Tiger-moths of Eurasia (Lepidoptera, Arctiinae). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 65: 12-18.
De Vos, R., 2011. Nicetosoma gen. nov., a new genus for the “Spilosoma” niceta group of species East of the Weber Line (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini). Suara Serangga Papua (SUGAPA) 5(4): 109-144.
De Vos, R., 2012. Revised generic position of the Palaeosia and Calamidia related species in New Guinea (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini). Suara Serangga Papua (SUGAPA) 6(4): 107-
128.
De Vos, R., 2017. The Cyana Walker, 1854 species of New Guinea, with description of a new subgenus, eight new species and one new subspecies (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini). In: Telnov, D. et al. (eds), 2017: Biodiversity, Biogeography and Nature Conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea, Vol. III: 587-611.
De Vos, R., 2019a. The genus Lambulosia Hampson, 1914 from New Guinea (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 161(3): 111-130.
De Vos, R., 2019b. The genus Darantasia Walker, 1859 from New Guinea (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini). Suara Serangga Papua (SUGAPA digital)11(2): 95-136.
De Vos, R., 2019c. The "underwing" Lambula species from New Guinea with twelve new species (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini). SUGAPA digital 12(1): 57-89.
De Vos, R., 2020a. Three new Arctiinae species from Lake Habbema (Lorentz National Park) in Papua, Indonesia (Lepidoptera: Erebidae). Suara Serangga Papua (SUGAPA digital) 12(2): 112-123.
De Vos, R., 2020b. The genus Blaviodes Bethune-Baker, 1910 from New Guinea restored and revised, with seven species transferred to this genus and three new species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini). Suara Serangga Papua (SUGAPA digital) 13(1): 1-34.
De Vos, R., 2020c. Three new species in the genus Notata Hampson, 1891 from New Guinea (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini). Suara Serangga Papua (SUGAPA digital) 13(1): 57-68.
De Vos, R., 2022. Genus Tigrioides Butler, 1877 does not occur in New Guinea, a revision of the taxa concerned from New Guinea with four new genera and nine new species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini). Suara Serangga Papua (SUGAPA digital) 14(2): 39-76.
De Vos, R. & M. Guimaraes Cruz, 2021. Sinapex, a new genus with two new species (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini) from Papua, Indonesia. Suara Serangga Papua (SUGAPA digital) 14(1): 8-19.
De Vos, R. & D. Suhartawan, 2011. The Spilosoma group of species from New Guinea and adjacent islands (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini). In: Telnov, D., 2011. Biodiversity, Biogeography and Nature
Conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea, Vol. I: 299-333.
De Vos, R. & A. Zilli, 2023. The "plain underwing" Lambula species from New Guinea with ten new species (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini). SUGAPA digital 15(1): 8-61.
Dubatolov, V. & A.V. Volynkin, 2017. On the systematic position of the genera Paraplastis Hampson, Migoplastis Felder and Dondera Moore (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae). Zootaxa 4358 (2): 258–270.
Guimaraes Cruz, M. & R. de Vos, 2021. Monochela grisescens, a new species in a new genus (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini) from Papua, Indonesia. Suara Serangga Papua (SUGAPA digital) 14(1): 20-27.
Volynkin, A.V., S-Y. Huang & M.S. Ivanova, 2019. An overview of genera and subgenera of the Asura / Miltochrista generic complex (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae). Part 1. Barsine Walker, 1854 sensu lato,
Asura Walker, 1854 and related genera, with descriptions of twenty new genera, ten new subgenera and a check list of taxa of the Asura / Miltochrista generic complex. Ecologica Montenegrina 26: 14-92
Zahiri, R., I.J. Kitching, J.D. Lafontaine, M. Mutanen, L. Kaila, J.D. Holloway & N. Wahlberg, 2010. A new molecular phylogeny offers hope for a stable family level classification of the Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera). Zoologica Scripta 2010: 1-16.