Notodontidae of the Indonesian Archipelago Vol 1

Abstract

This book is the rst comprehensive work on oriental Notodontidae (Lepidoptera) outside mainland Asia. The studied area includes also Borneo Island, the Malayan Peninsula, entire New Guinea with adjacent islands. All species are illustrated in both sexes with a total number of 1272 specimens on 51 colour plates. Genitalia photos of both sexes as well as detailed distribution maps are provided for each species. The book deals in the rst volume with 298 species and contains descriptions of 99 new notodontid taxa. A second volume will treat with the remaining 160 species and include also a comprehensive biogeographic analysis. Readership All, who are dealing with biodiversity, biogeography, Superfamily Noctuoidea, Agricultural enemies, or working/curating major entomological collections, Academic libraries. For more information see brill.com

A new species of genus Neocerura Matsumura, 1929 (Notodontidae: Lepidoptera) from India

“…Type species: Cerura liturata Walker, 1855 Distribution: India (throughout), Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, China, Taiwan, Indochina, Malaya, Borneo, Philippines, Sumatra, Java, Bali, Lombek, Flores, Sumba, Sumbawa, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Peleng Island, Salayer Island and as a remote point in Tanimbar (Holloway 1983;Schintlmeister & Pinratana 2007;Schintlmeister 2008Schintlmeister , 2020.…”

“…Body length: Male: 24-26 mm. Male genitalia: Uncus of moderate size, moderately sclerotized, setosed, distal half broad, curved, ventral side with a setosed projection, making snake-hood like appearance, distal end narrow, rounded; gnathos moderately sclerotized, more than half length of uncus, both projections robust, leaf-like; tegumen U-shaped, weakly sclerotized, each arm narrowing towards both Distribution: India: Throughout India; Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, China, Taiwan, Indochina, Malaya, Borneo, Philippines, Sumatra, Java, Bali, Lombek, Flores, Sumba; Sumbawa; Sulawesi; Sumatra, Peleng Island, Salayer Island (Holloway 1983;Schintlmeister & Pinratana 2007;Schintlmeister 2008Schintlmeister , 2020.…”

Hiding in Plain Sight: Phylogenomics Reveals a New Branch on the Noctuoidea Tree of Life

“…Life history.-The majority of larval food plant records are in the chemically defended, lactiferous Euphorbiaceae, but Anacardiaceae, Fabaceae, Ochnaceae, Phyllanthaceae, and Rutaceae are also eaten (Holloway 1983;Kroon 1999;Holloway et al 2001;Schintlmeister and Witt 2015;Schintlmeister 2020); all of these plant families fall within either Fabales, Malpighiales or Sapindales (Chase et al 2016).…”

“…Distribution.-The family is distributed in Africa south of the Sahara, India, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia ranging into southern China, the Philippines, Indomalaya, and Australasia (Kiriakoff 1964;Holloway 1983;Schintlmeister 2008Schintlmeister , 2020Schintlmeister and Witt 2015). The group is mostly tropical.…”

“…Scranciidae identification follows Schintlmeister (2008Schintlmeister ( , 2020 and Kiriakoff (1964).…”