Species Agathia pisina Butler, 1887

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• Agathia pisina Butler, A.G. 1887. Descriptions of New Species of Lepidoptera from the Solomon Islands, collected by c.M. Woodford, Esq. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 20: 240-247 [243].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH, Soloman Islands: [Shortland Island] (Alu).

  Secondary source:

   Prout, L.B. 1932. The lepidopterous genus Nobilia (Geometridae subfam. Sterrhinae). Novitates Zoologicae 38: 1-6; Robinson, G.S. 1975. Macrolepidoptera of Fiji and Rotuma: A taxonomic and biogeographic study. Faringdon : E.W. Classey vii+362 pp., 15 maps, 357+173 figs, 6 pp. index, frontispiece.; Holloway, J.D. 1979. A survey of the Lepidoptera, biogeography and ecology of New Caledonia. Series Entomologica. The Hague : Dr W. Junk Vol. 15 xii+588 pp.
• Agathia asterias Meyrick, E. 1888. Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2-n.s. 2(4): 835-928 [year of publication not confirmed] [899] [see McQuillan & Edwards (1996: 271) Note #331 (details below)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH ♂, ♀, Australia: Queensland, Cape York; Cooktown; N A [Northern Territories], Port Darwin.
• Agathia dimota Prout, L.B. 1911. New species of Hemitheinae (Geometrinae auctt.). The Entomologist 44: 26-28 [26].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH ♀, Fiji.
• Agathia diversilinea Warren, W. 1896. New species of Drepanulidae, Thyrididae, Uraniidae, Epilemidae, and Geometridae from Papuan region, collected by Mr. Albert S. Meek. Novitates Zoologicae 3: 272-306 [284].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 3♂, 5♀, [Papua New Guinea]: [D'Entrecasteaux Islands], Fergusson Island; Trobriand or Kiriwina Islands: Kiriwini [Trobriand or Kiriwina].
• Agathia ampla Prout, L.B. 1911. New Hemitheinae (Geometrinae) from British and Dutch New Guinea. Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 23: 267 [originally as ssp. of diversilinea Warren. Treated as ssp. of pisina by Scoble (1999)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, [Irian Jaya]: Fak-Fak [1700 ft].
• Agathia irregularis Prout, L.B. 1916. New Indo-Australian Geometridae. Novitates Zoologicae 23: 191-209 [198] [originally as ssp. of asterias. Treated as ssp. of pisina by Scoble (1999)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH ♂, ♀, Key [Kai] Islands.

General References

McQuillan, P.B. & Edwards, E.D. 1996. Geometridae. pp. 200-228 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM. [217] (Note #331: Agathia asterias Meyrick, 1988 has been widely used for a species or a complex of species in Australia and New Guinea. A. pisina Butler, 1887 has been regarded as a subspecies of A. asterias Meyrick by Prout (1932), Robinson (1975) and Holloway (1979). However, A. pisina Butler is the older name. Prout was undecided as to whether A. pisina Butler and A. asterias Meyrick were conspecific and this problem has not been resolved. Holloway (1984b) regarded A. pisina Butler as distinct from A. asterias Meyrick but what he considered A. asterias cannot be determined. A. asterias Meyrick was based on an unknown number of syntypes; some in the British Museum (Natural History) from Darwin, N.T. and in Macleay Museum from Cape York and Cooktown. Of these four specimens have been located, all females. The two females from Darwin represent a species that, as far as can be determined without a thorough revision, is otherwise undescribed. The two syntypes from the Macleay Museum (now in ANIC) represent two additional species. One of these is the species regarded by some subsequent authors as A. asterias Meyrick, 1889. The application of the name A. asterias will depend on which specimen is chosen as lectotype)

Scoble, M.J. 1999. Geometrid Moths of the World; a Catalogue. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia : CSIRO Publishing. [24]

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