Checklist for Family Saturniidae Boisduval, 1837 (And Giant Silk Moths)
and region Papua New Guinea (Melanesia)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 458
5336
18787 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 455
5331
18781 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 433
5239
18576 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 291
4213
16123 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 61
1285
3522 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 61
1285
3522 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 61
1285
3522 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 25
925
2857 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 22
843
2716 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Bombycoidea
Latreille, 1802
Hawk-moths, Royal Moths, Silkworm, Sphinx | 5
38
91 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Saturniidae
Boisduval, 1837
And Giant Silk Moths, Emperor, Emperor Moths, Moon, Royal | 11
15 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Papua New Guinea
11 Genera with 15 Species | Actias Leach, 1877 | Asian-American moon moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Coscinocera Butler, 1879 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Imbrasia Hübner, 1933 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lobobunaea Packard, 1849 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neodiphthera Fletcher, 1907 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | Opodiphthera Wallengren, 1858 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Pararhodia Cockerell, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhescyntis Hübner, 1777 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Saturnia Schrank, 1758 | Emperor moths | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Syntherata Maassen, 1843 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Titaea Hübner, 1823 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Papua New Guinea
15 Species and 2 Subspecies | Actias gnoma gnoma Butler, 1877 | | | Coscinocera anteus Bouvier, 1927 | | | Coscinocera hercules Miskin, 1876 | Hercules Moth | | Coscinocera omphale (Butler, 1879) | ⇒ Coscinocera hercules Miskin, 1876 | | Imbrasia chevalia Stoneham, 1933 | | | Lobobunaea acetes Westwood, 1849 | | | Neodiphthera joiceyi Bouvier, 1928 | | | Neodiphthera roicki Brechlin, 2005 | | | Neodiphthera schaarschmidti Brechlin, 2005 | | | Neodiphthera venusta Rothschild &..., 1907 | | | Pararhodia gyra Rothschild &..., 1905 | | | Rhescyntis hippodamia hippodamia Cramer, 1777 | | | Saturnia (Eudia) pavonia Linnaeus, 1758 | Emperor | | Syntherata janetta White, 1843 | | | Titaea orsinome Hübner, 1823 | |
Subnodes of Saturniidae with occurrences in Papua New Guinea
Links, sources and further information Saturniidae at artfakta.se
Saturniidae at dyntaxa.se
Saturniidae at gbif.org
Saturniidae at irmng.org
Saturniidae at itis.gov
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