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The Tussock Moths (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Lymantriinae) of Papua Indonesia
by Peter Mackey & Alexander Schintlmeister
Note: Just recently the large family Noctuidae has been revised by DNA analysis at higher taxonomic level (Zahiri et al, 2010) which resulted in a new arrangement of the traditional subfamilies within Noctuidae, Erebidae, Euteliidae and Nolidae. Former families as Lymantriidae and Arctiidae are now placed as subfamilies in the Erebidae! Although the DNA research at these taxa has not reached the end yet it has become clear that the new classification shows a more correct arrangement than the traditional one does. We follow the latest results.
This page is under construction. This means that at any time new species can be added. Please check this page now and then for more information.
Listed Papua species: 160
Arctornithini
Arctornis Germar, 1810
dinawa (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
flaccida Toxopeus, 1948
intacta (Walker, 1866)
palea Toxopeus, 1948perfecta (Walker, 1862)
semihyalina Swinhoe, 1904
Etobema Walker, 1865
antra Swinhoe, 1903
forbesi (Druce, 1899)
fusciapicalis Rothschild, 1915melanophleps Collenette, 1930
rotundata Rothschild, 1915
Lymantriini
Lymantria Hübner, [1819]
sg. Lymantria Hübner, [1819]
ganaroides Strand, 1917 [status uncertain]
lygaea Bethune-Baker, 1908
sg. Nyctria Schintlmeister, 2004
geoffmartini Schintlmeister, 2004
sg. Pantria Schintlmeister, 2004
ekeikei (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
honeyi Schintlmeister, 2004
sg. Papuatria Schintlmeister, 2004
kebeae Bethune-Baker, 1904
ninayi Bethune-Baker, 1910
sg. Porthetria Hübner, [1819]
doreyensis Collenette, 1933
lunata (Stoll, 1782)
ssp. ingrami Schintlmeister, 2004novaguineensis Bethune-Baker, 1904
pagenstecheri Schintlmeister, 2004
sg. Syntria Schintlmeister, 2004
flavoneura Joicey & Talbot, 1916
syntropha Collenette, 1955
toxopeusi Collenette, 1955
Dura Moore, 1879
ageta Collenette, 1955
apalochroa Collenette, 1930
basistriga (Joicey & Talbot, 1917)
cinnamomina (Rothschild, 1915)
dubia (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
marginepunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
nepha (Joicey & Talbot, 1917)
niveus (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
ssp. niveus (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
ssp. percnoptera Collenette, 1938pratti (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
silca (Swinhoe, 1903)
spodea (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
sulphurea (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
Leucomimi
Dendrophleps Hampson, 1893
chionobosca Collenette, 1955
lobipennis (Swinhoe, 1892)
Leucoma Stephens, 1828
impressa (Snellen, 1877)
sericea (Moore, 1879)
ssp. avolaensis Bethune-Baker, 1916
horridula Collenette, 1934
tafa Collenette, 1951Lymantriades Bethune-Baker, 1911
virginea (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
yulei (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
xutha (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
xuthoaria (Collenette, 1955)
xuthocloea (Collenette, 1932)
zorodes (Collenette, 1955)
Papuaroa Collenette, 1955
miccyla Collenette, 1955
Nygmiini
Artaxa Walker, 1855
drucei Swinhoe, 1903
titania Druce, 1899epaxia (Turner, 1906)
ssp. epicharita (Collenette, 1956)fulvistriata (Swinhoe, 1903)
lunula (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
maza (Swinhoe, 1903)
pentatoxa (Collenette, 1930)
Euproctis Hübner, 1819 [generic position of most species unclear]
acrita Joicey & Talbot, 1917
amagethes Collenette, 1930
anisozyga Collenette, 1955
anomoeoptena Collenette, 1932
aresca Collenette, 1955
arfaki Bethune-Baker, 1910
asaphobalia Collenette, 1932
bisecta Rothschild, 1915
brunneipicta Collenette, 1930
chlora Joicey & Talbot, 1917
chlorospila Joicey & Talbot, 1917
dichroa Felder, 1861
armandvillei Oberthur, 1894euthysticha Collenette, 1955
faceta Swinhoe, 1903
flavicaput Bethune-Baker, 1904
fusca Rothschild, 1915
habbema Collenette, 1955
hemicneca Collenette, 1955
hemigenes Collenette, 1932
huntei Warren, 1903
hylaea Collenette, 1955
hymnolis Turner, 1921
hypocloa Collenette, 1932
iseres Collenette, 1955
kunupi Collenette, 1938
lutea (Fabricius, 1775)
chrysophila Walker, 1865
iobrota Meyrick, 1891luteomarginata Bethune-Baker, 1908
lunula Bethune-Baker, 1908mambara Bethune-Baker, 1908
meeki Bethune-Baker, 1904
mycoides Collenette, 1930
nebulosa Rothschild, 1915
ochrocerca Collenette, 1932
ochropleura Collenette, 1932
osuna Swinhoe, 1903
parallelaria Bethune-Baker, 1904
poliocerca Collenette, 1930
postbicolor Rothschild, 1915
pulchra Bethune-Baker, 1908
seminigra Joicey & Talbot, 1916
tetrabalia Collenette, 1930
thiocosma Collenette, 1955
Nygmia Hübner, 1820
aeruginosa (Collenette, 1932)
albociliata Bethune-Baker, 1904
apatetica Collenette, 1930
araucaria (Collenette, 1955)
aurantiicolor Rothschild, 1915
chlorogaster Collenette, 1938
disphena Collenette, 1930
flavipunctata Bethune-Baker, 1916
gilvivirgata Collenette, 1932
leonina (Turner, 1903)
lipara Collenette, 1930
novaguinensis Bethune-Baker, 1904
panselena (Collenette, 1931)
pratti Bethune-Baker, 1904
ssp. albonotata Joicey & Talbot, 1916rotunda Bethune-Baker, 1908
rubida (Bethune-Baker, 1910)
rubroradiata (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
semirufa Joicey & Talbot, 1917
sublutea (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
subnobilis (Snellen, 1881)
simulans Butler, 1884
ericydes Turner, 1904
lincea Strand, 1923
aruana Strand, 1923Orvasca Walker, 1865
aureomaculata Mackey, 2015
nigericorpus Mackey, 2015
yende Mackey, 2015
Toxoproctis Holloway, 1999
bakeri Collenette, 1930
coniochroa (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
diselena Collenette, 1932
Orgyiini
Calliteara Butler, 1881
angiana (Joicey & Talbot, 1916)
angulata (Hampson, 1895)
apoblepta (Collenette, 1955)
brunnea (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
enneaphora (Collenette, 1955)
hadromeres (Collenette, 1955) comb. nov.
hesychima (Collenette, 1955)
horsfieldii (Saunders, 1851)
arga Moore, 1860
longipennis Walker, 1862
queenslandica Strand, 1915kenricki (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
minor (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
variegata Rothschild, 1915polioleuca (Collenette, 1955)
subnigra (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
subnigropunctata (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
wandammena (Bethune-Baker, 1916)
"Dasychira" Hübner, 1809 [the correct position of the species involved is not revised yet]
alboschistacea Rothschild, 1915
griseata (Rothschild, 1915)
groetscheli Bryk, 1934
fusca Rothschild, 1915ibele Collenette, 1955
nigrita (Rothschild, 1915)
plagosa Rothschild, 1915rana Collenette, 1932
Dasychiroides Bethune-Baker, 1904
bicolora Bethune-Baker, 1904
brunneostrigata Bethune-Baker, 1904
obsoleta Bethune-Baker, 1904
nigrostrigata Bethune-Baker, 1904pratti Bethune-Baker, 1904
Laelia Stephens, 1828
hodopoea Collenette, 1955
Olene Hübner, 1823
celaenica (Collenette, 1955) comb. nov.
mendosa Hübner, 1823
sawanta Moore, 1859
fusiformis Walker, 1855
lanceolata Walker, 1855
basalis Walker, 1855
basigera Walker, 1865
divisa Walker, 1865
distinguenda Walker, 1865
basivitta Walker, 1869
invasa Walker, 1869Orgyia Ochsenheimer, 1810
papuana Riotte, 1976
postica (Walker, 1855)
Teia Walker, 1855
dewara (Swinhoe, 1903)
dewarra sensu auct. (misspelling)
tribal position not defined yet
Cispia Walker, 1855
joiceyi Collenette, 1930
Parakanchia Bethune-Baker, 1908
cyclops Collenette, 1951
irregularis (Bethune-Baker, 1904)
grisea Bethune-Baker, 1908opaca Collenette, 1955
Pellucens Bethune-Baker, 1910
lactea Bethune-Baker, 1910
subdenudata (Rothschild, 1915)
Porthmeia Bethune-Baker, 1908
pyrozona Collenette, 1930
subnigra Bethune-Baker, 1908
radiata Bethune-Baker, 1916Soreutoneura Collenette, 1930
daedala Collenette, 1930
list updated on 14th August 2015
Literature
Mackey, A.P., 2015. Three new species of Orvasca (Lepidoptera: Lymantriinae) from Papua Indonesia. SUGAPA 9(2): 55-64.
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.
