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Checklist for Tribe Cotanini Forbes, 1955
and region New Guinea (Australasia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
397
4697
21747
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
396
4696
21746
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
381
4612
21406
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
237
3397
17247
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
53
1127
5217
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
53
1127
5217
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
52
1126
5216
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
23
803
4151
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
20
708
3787
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx
4
41
227
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEupterotidae
Swinhoe, 1892
Giant Lappet Moths, Monkey Moths
7
47
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyEupterotinae
Forbes, 1955
3
32
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeCotanini
Forbes, 1955
2
31
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for New Guinea
2 Genera with 31 Species
Cotana Walker, 191736SpeciesTaxom
Melanergon Bethune-Baker, 18651SpeciesTaxom


Species list for New Guinea
31 Species and 6 Subspecies
Cotana affinis Rothschild, 1917
Cotana albaserrati Bethune-Baker, 1910
Cotana albomaculata (Bethune-Baker, 1904)⇒ Cotana ovata Bethune-Baker, 1908
Cotana aroa Bethune-Baker, 1904
Cotana bakeri Joicey & Talbot, 1917
Cotana biagi Bethune-Baker, 1908
Cotana biagi occidentalis Rothschild, 1932
Cotana bisecta Rothschild, 1917
Cotana brunnescens Rothschild, 1917
Cotana castaneorufa Rothschild, 1917
Cotana doricrana Bethune-Baker, 1908
Cotana dubia (Bethune-Baker, 1904)⇒ Cotana doricrana Bethune-Baker, 1908
Cotana eichhorni Rothschild, 1932
Cotana erectilinea Bethune-Baker, 1910
Cotana germana Rothschild, 1917
Cotana joiceyi Rothschild, 1917
Cotana kebeae Bethune-Baker, 1904
Cotana kebeae grandis Rothschild, 1917
Cotana kebeae unicolor Rothschild, 1932
Cotana meeki Rothschild, 1917
Cotana montium Rothschild, 1932
Cotana ovata Bethune-Baker, 1908
Cotana pallidipascia Rothschild, 1917
Cotana postpallida Rothschild, 1917
Cotana rosseliana Rothschild, 1917
Cotana rosseliana diluta Rothschild, 1917
Cotana rubiginea Bethune-Baker, 1904
Cotana rubrescens (Walker, 1865)⇒ Cotana turneri Bethune-Baker, 1908
Cotana rubrescens kapaura Rothschild, 1917
Cotana rubrescens oetakwensis Rothschild, 1917
Cotana setakwensis Rothschild, 1917
Cotana splendida Rothschild, 1932
Cotana tenebricosa Hering, 1931
Cotana turneri Bethune-Baker, 1908
Cotana unistrigata Bethune-Baker, 1904
Cotana variegata Rothschild, 1917
Melanergon vidua Walker, 1865