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The Westermanniinae (Lepidoptera: Nolidae) 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) 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 have 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: 8 [all recorded from Papua]
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Westermanniinae
Autanthema Warren, 1912
diversicolor Warren, 1912
Miaromima Meyrick, 1889
dinotis (Meyrick, 1889)
breviceps Warren, 1914
tapiri Warren, 1914
equina Warren, 1916
ichneumonis Warren, 1914 syn. nov.Negeta Walker, 1862
contrariata Walker, 1862
signata (Walker, [1863])
reversa (Walker, [1862])
leucospila (Walker, 1865)
apicalis (Moore, 1887)
costalis (Gaede, 1938)
discalis (Gaede, 1938)
subterminalis (Gaede, 1938)Pterogonia Swinhoe, 1891
cardinalis Holloway, 1976
Urbona Walker, 1862
tamsi (Van Eecke, 1924)
novaeguineensis Gaede, 1938Westermannia Hübner, [1821]
gloriosa Hampson, 1912
longiplaga Bethune-Baker, 1906
semifusca Warren, 1914
last updated 15th June 2014
