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The Dyopsinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Papua Indonesia
by Rob de Vos
Note: Just recently the large family Noctuidae has been revised by DNA analysis at higher taxonomic level (Zahiri et al, 2010; Zahiri, 2011) 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! For the subfamily Pantheinae it resulted in a rearrangement of genera in Pantheinae s.s. and Dyopsinae. 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.
Listed New Guinea species: 10 [9 species recorded from Papua Indonesia]
species listed in grey are not recorded from Papua with certainty yet
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Arcte Kollar, 1844
coerula (Guenée, 1852)
modesta (Hoeven, 1840)
granulata (Guenée, 1852)
immodesta (Guenée, 1852)
senica (Felder, 1874)
ssp. papuensis Warren, 1912Belciana Walker, 1862
habroscia Prout, 1924
kenricki (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
caerulea Hampson, 1926particolor Prout, 1924
pratti (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
serrata (Bethune-Baker, 1906)
subserrata Prout, 1924
Cyclodes Guenée, 1852
spectans Snellen, 1886
pulchra Bethune-Baker, 1906Trisuloides Butler, 1881
papuensis Warren, 1912
[last updated 26th May 2012]
