Tribe Arctiini Leach, 1815

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• Arctiini Leach, (1815).

  Type genus:

   Arctia Schrank, 1802.
• Deilemerinae Swinhoe, C. 1904. On some new butterflies and moths from the east. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 14: 417-424.

  Type genus:

   Deilemera Hübner, (1820).
• Micrarctiinae Seitz, A. (ed.) 1910. The Macrolepidoptera of the World: a systematic description of the hitherto known macrolepidoptera. Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Vol. 9 1197 pp.

  Type genus:

   Spilosoma Seitz, 1910.
• Spilosominae Seitz, A. (ed.) 1910. The Macrolepidoptera of the World: a systematic description of the hitherto known macrolepidoptera. Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Vol. 9 1197 pp.

  Type genus:

   Spilosoma Curtis, 1825.
• Coscinlini Börner, 1925.

  Type genus:

   Coscinia Hübner, (1819).
• Rhodogastriinae Kiriakoff, 1950.

  Type genus:

   Rhodogastria Hübner, (1819).

Introduction

The world Arctiinae were revised by Hampson (1901) and treated in Lepidopterorum Catalogus by Strand (1919) and Bryk (1937). In Volume 10 of Seitz's Macrolepidoptera of the World they were listed by Rothschild (1914) and Seitz (1914-1915). The Australian fauna was revised by Meyrick (1886) and Turner (1940). Turner (1921) reviewed Nyctemera Hübner and its allies as part of the Hypsidae. The composition of this subfamily has changed at times with the inclusion or exclusion of Argina Hübner and its allies as part of the Hypsidae.

Australia has a small fauna of Arctiinae. All described genera except one occur widely in South-east Asia. The exception, Phaos Walker, is confined to alpine areas of south-eastern Australia and Tasmania, and is closely related, or congeneric with Metacrias Meyrick from New Zealand. There have only been a few minor taxonomic changes since Edwards (1996) compiled the Australian checklist.

Further work on generic classification is required, comparing Australian species with extralimital fauna, especially for species currently placed in the paraphyletic genus Spilosoma Butler. In addition, two Australian species cannot be placed in any known genera.

General References

Bryk, F. 1937. Arctiidae. Subfam: Callimorphinae et Nyctemerinae. Lepidopterorum Catalogus 82: 1-105

Edwards, E.D. 1996. Arctiidae. pp.278-286 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.

Hampson, G.F. 1901. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Arctiadae (Arctianae) and Agaristidae in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 3 xix 690 pp., 1 folded page.

Meyrick, E. 1886. Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. I. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2-n.s. 1(3): 687-802

Rothschild, L.W. 1914. [Arctiidae, Tiger moths] Arctiinae. pp. 236-263, pls 19-25 in Seitz, A. (ed.). The Macrolepidoptera of the World. 10. Bombyces and Sphinges of the Indo-Australian Region. 2 vols. Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Verlag 909 pp., 100 pls.

Seitz, A. 1914. [Arctiidae, Tiger moths] Hypsinae. Pp. 224-236, pls 26-28 in Seitz, A. (ed.). The Macrolepidoptera of the World. 10. Bombyces and Sphinges of the Indo-Australian Region. 2 vols. Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Verlag 909 pp., 100 pls.

Strand, E. 1918. Arctiidae: Subfam. Arctiinae. Lepidopterorum Catalogus 22: 1-416

Turner, A.J. 1921. Revision of Australian Lepidoptera — Hypsidae, Anthelidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 46: 159-191 [Date published 21 Aug. 1921]

Turner, A.J. 1940. A revision of the Australian Arctiidae (Lepidoptera). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 51: 51-131

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