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Checklist for Family Eupterotidae Swinhoe, 1892 (Giant Lappet Moths)
and region Australasia (Oceania)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
942
23049
129157
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
938
23017
129086
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
883
22694
128014
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
534
17158
106564
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
99
5170
22363
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
97
5135
22311
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
92
5105
22157
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
34
2897
12136
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
29
2514
10267
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx
8
107
388
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEupterotidae
Swinhoe, 1892
Giant Lappet Moths, Monkey Moths
14
60
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Australasia
13 Genera with 60 Species
Calapterote Holland, 19209SpeciesTaxom
Cotana Walker, 191738SpeciesTaxom
Ebbepterote Oberprieler ..., 18911SpeciesTaxom
Eupterote Hübner, 18913SpeciesTaxom
Gracilanja Bouyer, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Lasiomorpha Joicey, Noak..., 19171SpeciesTaxom
Melanergon Bethune-Baker, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Nigasa Walker, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Panacela Walker, 19223SpeciesTaxom
Papuapterote Nässig & Obe..., 19083SpeciesTaxom
Paramarane Bethune-Baker, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Poloma Walker, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Rarisquamosa Bethune-Baker, 19101SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Australasia
60 Species and 6 Subspecies
Calapterote doreyana Rothschild, 1920
Calapterote fergussoni Rothschild, 1920
Calapterote flava Joicey & Talbot, 1915
Calapterote flavolivacea Rothschild, 1916
Calapterote goliathina Rothschild, 1920
Calapterote insularum Rothschild, 1920
Calapterote inturbida Walker, 1865
Calapterote kebeae Bethune-Baker, 1904
Calapterote meeki Rothschild, 1920
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 neurina Turner, 1922
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 serranotata T.P. Lucas, 1894
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
Ebbepterote expansa T.P. Lucas, 1891
Eupterote doddi (Turner, 1911)⇒ Eupterote expensa Lucas, 1891
Eupterote expansa T.P. Lucas, 1891
Eupterote expensa Lucas, 1891
Gracilanja polymorpha Aurivillius, 1893
Lasiomorpha noakesi Joicey & Talbot, 1917
Melanergon vidua Walker, 1865
Nigasa subpurpurea Walker, 1860
Panacela lewinae Lewin, 1807Bag-shelter Moth
Panacela nyctopa Turner, 1922
Panacela syntropha Turner, 1922
Papuapterote crenulata Joicey & Talbot, 1916
Papuapterote punctata Joicey & Talbot, 1916
Papuapterote styx Bethune-Baker, 1908
Paramarane nigrolineata Joicey, Noak..., 1916
Paramarane pulchra Bethune-Baker, 1910
Poloma janula (Felder, 1874)⇒ Poloma angulata Walker, 1855
Rarisquamosa arfaki Bethune-Baker, 1910

Subnodes of Eupterotidae with occurrences in Australasia
SubfamilyEupterotinae
Forbes, 1955
6
39
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHibrildinae
Berger, 1958
3
12
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPanacelinae
Forbes, 1955
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyStriphnopteryginae
Wallengren, 1858
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Eupterotidae at afromoths.net
Eupterotidae at gbif.org
Eupterotidae at irmng.org