Papua Insects Foundation (Lepidoptera/Pterophoridae)

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 and completed with collection data. Names in grey are species known from Papua New Guinea, not known from Papua yet.

breviapex Gielis, 1990

buergersi Gaede, 1916

cretosa (Durrant, 1916)

misoolica Gielis, 1988 [endemic]

pseudocretosa Gielis, 1990

salomonica Arenberger, 1991

toxopeusi Gielis, 1988

yanoi Arenberger, 1988

Hexadactilia Fletcher, 1910

trilobata Fletcher, 1910

Leptodeuterocopus Fletcher, 1910

sorongensis Gielis & De Vos, 2007 [endemic]

Deuterocopus Zeller, 1852

devosi Gielis, 2003 [endemic]

issikii Yano, 1963 [endemic]

papuaensis Gielis & De Vos, 2007 [endemic]

planeta Meyrick, 1908
torridus Meyrick, 1913

Tetraschalis Meyrick, 1887

lemurodes Meyrick, 1907

Fletcherella Diakonoff, 1952

niphadothysana Diakonoff, 1952

Platyptilia Hübner, [1825]

archimedon Meyrick, 1938

enargota Durrant, 1915

microbscura Gielis & De Vos, 2007 [endemic]

molopias Meyrick, 1906
petila Yano, 1963

phanerozona Diakonoff, 1952 [endemic]

Stenoptilodes Zimmerman, 1958

taprobanes (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
brachymorpha Meyrick, 1888
seeboldi Hofmann, 1898
terlizzii Turati, 1926
monotrigona Diakonoff, 1952
zavatterii Hartig, 1953
legrandi Bigot, 1962

Lantanophaga Zimmerman, 1958

dubitationis Gielis & De Vos, 2007 [endemic]

pusillidactyla (Walker, 1864)
technidion Zeller, 1877
hemimetra Meyrick, 1886
lantana Busck, 1914
teleacma Meyrick, 1932
lantanadactyla Amsel, 1951

Xyroptila Meyrick, 1908

colluceo Gielis & De Vos, 2007 [endemic]

marmarias Meyrick, 1908

Amblyptilia Hübner, [1825]

galactostacta (Diakonoff, 1952) [endemic]

iriana (Diakonoff, 1952) [endemic]

Nippoptilia Matsumura, 1931

pullum Gielis & De Vos, 2007 [endemic]

rutteni Gielis, 2003 [endemic]

spinosa Yano, 1963 [endemic]

Sphenarches Meyrick, 1886

anisodactyla (Walker, 1864)
caffer; Fletcher, 1909 (nec Zeller, 1852)
diffusalis Walker, 1864
direptalis Walker, 1864 [in part]
synophrys Meyrick, 1886
vilis; Matsumura, 1905 (nec Butler, 1881)
chroesus Strand, 1913
dolichos Matsumura, 1931
rishwani Makhan, 1994

Stangeia Tutt, 1906

xerodes (Meyrick, 1886)
esakii Hóri, 1936
dryites Meyrick, 1936

Megalorhipida Amsel, 1935

deboeri Gielis, 2003 [endemic]

leucodactyla (Fabricius, 1793)
defectalis Walker, 1864
congrualis Walker, 1864
oxydactyla Wa1ker, 1864
hawaiiensis Butler, 1881
ochrodactyla Fish, 1881
centetes Meyrick, 1886
compsochares Meyrick, 1886
adelphodes Meyrick, 1887
ralumensis Pagenstecher, 1900
derelictus Meyrick, 1926
palaestinensis Amsel, 1935
palästinensis Amsel, 1935 (incorrect spelling)

madoris Gielis & De Vos, 2007 [endemic]

Hellinsia Tutt, 1905

carphodactoides Gielis, 2003

biangulata Gielis & De Vos, 2007 [endemic]

iraneaus (Diakonoff, 1952) [endemic]

kaiapensis Gielis, 2003

mesoleucus (Diakonoff, 1952) [endemic]

probatus (Meyrick, 1938)

tariensis Gielis, 2003

wamenae Gielis, 2003
agassizi Gielis, 2003

Adaina Tutt, 1905

microdactyla (Hübner, [1813])
carphodactylus Stephens, 1834
montivola Meyrick, 1928
subflavescens Meyrick, 1930

Pterophorus Schaeffer, 1766

albidus (Zeller, 1852)
endogramma Meyrick, 1922
endophaea Meyrick, 1930
suffiata Yano, 1963

aliubasignum Gielis, 2000 [endemic]

ebbei Arenberger, 1989

lacteipennis (Walker, 1864)

leucadactylus (Walker, 1864)

niveus (Snellen, 1903)
denticulata Yano, 1963

Diacrotricha Zeller, 1852

fasciola (Zeller, 1851)

guttuligera Diakonoff, 1952 [endemic]

Cosmoclostis Meyrick, 1886

hemiadelpha Fletcher, 1947

pesseuta Meyrick, 1906
premnicola Fletcher, 1932

(Checklist last updated on 10th December 2009)