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The Long-horned Moths (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae) of Papua Indonesia

by Kyu-Tek Park

 

 

 

 


 

Listed New Guinea species: 151 [species in grey are yet only known from Papua New Guinea]

The family is in New Guinea represented by three subfamilies: Lecithocerinae (85), Torodorinae (2) & Crocanthinae (64) (Park, 2016).

 

Lecithocerinae

Asmenistis Meyrick, 1925

semifracta Diakonoff, 1954

Crinellus Park, 2012

eremicus Park, 2012

Hamatina Park, 2011b

diakonoffi Park, 2011

hemitoma (Diakonoff, 1954)

iriana Park, 2011b

jembatana Park, 2011b

nabangae Park, 2011

robdevosi Park, 2011b

Lacuniola Park, 2012

hadrorhacha Park, 2012

Lecithocera Herrich-Schäffer, 1853

biaroensis Park, 2012

brachyptila Diakonoff, 1954

breiensis Park, 2017

brunneibella Park, 2012

ceratoides Park, 2012

coleasta Meyrick, 1918

deloma Durrant, 1915

fascitiala Park, 2012

gyrosiella Park, 2012

hispidiella Park, 2012

inkyuleei Park, 2012

lasioides Park, 2012

megalosperma Diakonoff, 1954

niptanensis Park, 2012a

porrectiella Park, 2012

prudens Meyrick, 1918

pseudolunata Park, 2012a

purpurea Diakonoff, 1954

sextacta Diakonoff, 1954 status uncertain

spinulata Park, 2012

staurophora Meyrick, 1931
strepsicrena Meyrick, 1931
spinigera Diakonoff, 1954

stelophanes Meyrick, 1938

stichoides Park, 2011

strigosa Durrant, 1915

sublunata Diakonoff, 1954

submersa Diakonoff, 1954

Neopectinimura Park, 2010

beckeri Park & Byun, 2010

calligina Park & Byun, 2010

devosi Park & Kim, 2013b

madangensis Park & Byun, 2010

morobeensis Park & Byun, 2010

setiola Park & Byun, 2010

trichodes Park, 2014

walmakensis Park, 2014

Neotimyra Park, 2011

gyriola Park, 2011

milleri Park, 2011

nemoralis Park, 2011

senara Park, 2011

warkapiensis Park, 2011

Onnuria Park, 2011

arfakana Park, 2011

depaprensis Park, 2011

melanotoma Park, 2011

tenuiella Park, 2011

xanthochroa Park, 2011

Pectinimura Park, 2008

areola Park, 2011

baryoma (Diakonoff, 1954)

brahmanica Park, 2011

gilvicostata Park, 2011

liberalis (Diakonoff, 1954)

lutescens (Diakonoff, 1954)

rhabdostoma (Diakonoff, 1954)

singularis Park, 2011

Scaeostreta Meyrick, 1931

geranoptera Meyrick, 1931

Sarisophora Meyrick, 1904

beckerina Park, 2012

cyanostigmatis Park, 2012

designata Park, 2012

hadroides Park, 2012

melanotata Park, 2012

notornis Park, 2012

praecentrix Meyrick, 1931

pyrrhotata Park, 2012

Scolizona Park, 2011c

palinoides Park, 2011

rhinoceros (Diakonoff, 1954)

ulniformis Park, 2011

Strombiola Park, 2011

papuana Park, 2011

Sulciolus Park, 2012

abrasa (Diakonoff, 1954)

capra (Diakonoff, 1954)

circulivalvae Park, 2012

induta (Diakonoff, 1954)

kaindiana Park, 2012

pachystoma (Diakonoff, 1954)

perspicua (Diakonoff, 1954)

Telephata Meyrick, 1916

cheramopis Meyrick, 1916

nitens (Diakonoff 1954)

ferruginula Park, 2011

melanista Park, 2011


Torodorinae

Torodora Meyrick, 1894

wauensis Park, 2010

Thubana Walker, 1894

brunalis Park, 2016

 

Crocanthinae

Aprosoesta Turner, 1919

cordispina Park, 2015

cyclopsana (Park, 2011)

eremitatos Park, 2015

gatoralis (Park, 2011)

heliograpta Meyrick, 1929

laminella Park, 2017

poliozona (Park, 2011)

strombiana Park, 2015

subpancala Park, 2015

vinnula Park, 2015

warmarensis (Park, 2011)

Crocanthes Meyrick, 1886

anactostola Diakonoff, 1954

aulodocha Meyrick, 1918

celema Durrant, 1915

celemorpha Meyrick, 1931

crypsicola Durrant, 1915

fallax Durrant, 1915
monodesma Meyrick, 1931

gracilosa Park, 2015

hagenensis Park, 2005

hecuba Meyrick, 1931

leucodonta Diakonoff, 1954

neptis (Diakonoff, 1954) status uncertain

phoenoteles Meyrick, 1929

platycitra Meyrick, 1931

prasinopis Meyrick, 1886

rhodantha Meyrick, 1918

scioxantha Meyrick, 1910

susuensis Park, 2015

temeraria Meyrick, 1910

thalamectis Meyrick, 1929

xanthistia Meyrick, 1931

Hannara Park, 2013

buloloensis Park, 2013

gentis Park & Lee, 2013a

Lamprista Park, 2013

emmeli Park, 2013

hemipyra Meyrick, 1938

ortholepida Park, 2013

Pacificulla Park, 2013

callisomata Park, 2013

carcharias (Meyrick, 1910)

cervicalis Park, 2013

cleomorpha (Meyrick, 1931)

esdiparki Park, 2013

eurypyra (Meyrick, 1918)

flaviagera Park, 2013

gelastis (Meyrick, 1918)

geniola (Meyrick, 1931)

heliocharis (Diakonoff, 1954)

ignea (Meyrick, 1925)

ignigera (Meyrick, 1938)

kekamatana Park, 2013

megalophthalma (Diakonoff, 1954)

miltina (Durrant, 1915)

philotima (Diakonoff, 1954)
xanthorrhoea Diakonoff, 1954

protoma (Diakonoff, 1954)

pyrostola (Diakonoff, 1954)

sceptrophora (Diakonoff, 1954)

searis Park, 2013

thermocharis (Meyrick, 1931)

thrasydora (Meyrick, 1910)

Gonaepa Walker, 1866

actinis Walsingham, 1915

dysthyma Diakonoff, 1954

josianella Walker, 1866

heliarcha (Meyrick, 1886)

phaeograpta (Meyrick, 1931)

pyrochorda Meyrick, 1910

 

updated on 28 May 2023


Literature

Park, K.-T., 2010. First record of Torodora from Papua New Guinea, with the description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Lecithoceridae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 112(3): 404-409.
Park, K.-T., 2011a. Two new species of the genus Telephata Meyrick (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae) from Papua New Guinea with notes on T. nitens (Diakonoff), comb. nov. Entomological Science 14: 82–86.
Park, K.-T., 2011b. Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) of New Guinea: Part II. Hamatina gen.nov., with descriptions of four new species. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 14: 205–211.
Park, K.-T., 2011c. Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea) of New Guinea, part III: a new genus Scolizona with description of two new species. Florida Entomologist 94(2): 303-310.
Park, K.-T., 2011d. Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea) of New Guinea, Part VII: Crocanthes pancala Species Complex. Florida Entomologist 94(4):779-786.
Park, K.-T., 2011e. Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea) of New Guinea, Part I: Onnuria Park with description of two new species. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 113: 154-162.
Park, K.-T., 2011f. Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea) of New Guinea, Part V: Descriptions of Two New Genera, Neotimyra gen. nov. and Strombiola gen. nov. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 14: 417-421.
Park, K.-T., 2012a. Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) of New Guinea, Part VI: Lecithocera sublunata species complex. Entomological Science 15: 68–73.
Park, K.-T., 2012b. Lecithoceridae (Gelechioidea, Lepidoptera) of New Guinea, Part X: Review of the genus Lecithocera with descriptions of ten new species. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 15: 313-327.
Park, K.-T., 2012c. Lecithoceridae (Gelechioidea, Lepidoptera) of New Guinea Part X: Review of the genus Sarisophora, with descriptions of seven new species. Tropical Lepidoptera Research 22(1): 8-15.
Park, K.-T., 2012d. Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea) of New Guinea, Part IX: Lacuniola, n. gen. and Crinellus, n. gen. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 114(2): 217-223.
Park, K.-T., 2012e. Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) of New Guinea, Part VIII: A new genus Sulciolus, with descriptions of two new species. Entomological Science 15: 294–302.
Park, K.-T. & B.-K. Byun, 2010. A new genus Neopectinimura (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea, Lecithoceridae), with five new species from Papua New Guinea. Florida Entomologist 93(2): 298-307.
Park , K.-T. & S. Lee, 2013a. A new genus of Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea), from New Guinea, with a description of two new species. Florida Entomologist 96(1): 219-224.
Park, K.-T. & M. Kim, 2013b. Three new species of Neopectinimura Park (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae) from Papua New Guinea, Indonesia. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 17: 53-58.
Park, K.-T., S. Cho & Y.S. Bae, 2016. Review of Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) in the Oceanian Region, with description of a new species and a checklist of the family. Zootaxa 4147(2): 143-161.
Park, K.-T., 2017. Checklist of the family Lecithoceridae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) in New Guinea, with description of two new species. In: Telnov, D. et al. (eds) 2017: Biodiversity, Biogeography and Nature Conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea 3: 427-433.