Species Ardices curvata (Donovan, 1805)

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• Bombyx curvata Donovan, E. 1805. An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of New Holland, New Zealand, New Guinea, Otaheite, and other Islands in the Indian, Southern, and Pacific Oceans: including Figures and Descriptions of One Hundred and Fifty-three Species of the more Splendid, Beautiful, and Interesting Insects, hitherto Discovered in those Countries, and which for the most Part have not appeared in the Works of any Preceding Author. London : Rivington iv + [167] pp. + [41] pls. [Date published January] [pl. 34, f. 3].
• Chelonia fuscinula Doubleday, E. 1845. Descriptions of some new Australian lepidopterous insects. 437, pl.5 fig.1 in Eyre, E.J. (ed.). Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia and Overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound in the Years 1840-1; sent by the colonists of South Australia, with the sanction and support of the Government: including an account of the manners and customs of the Aborigines and the state of their relations with Europeans. London : T. & W. Boone Vol. 1. [438].
• Arctia fuscinula Walker, F. 1855. Lepidoptera Heterocera. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 3: 583-775 [616] [junior homonym; fuscinula Doubleday, 1845].
• Arctia vittata Möschler, H.B. 1872. Neue exotische Schmetterlinge. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 33: 336-362 [351].
• Phaos vigens Butler, A.G. 1878. Descriptions of new Lepidoptera of the group Bombycites, in the collection of the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1878(2): 381-388 [383].
• Phaos nigriceps Butler, A.G. 1878. Descriptions of new Lepidoptera of the group Bombycites, in the collection of the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1878(2): 381-388 [383].
• Phaos notatum Butler, A.G. 1878. Descriptions of new Lepidoptera of the group Bombycites, in the collection of the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1878(2): 381-388 [383].
• Phaos nexum Butler, A.G. 1878. Descriptions of new Lepidoptera of the group Bombycites, in the collection of the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1878(2): 381-388 [384].
• Phaos lacteatum Butler, A.G. 1878. Descriptions of new Lepidoptera of the group Bombycites, in the collection of the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1878(2): 381-388 [384].
• Spilosoma brisbanensis Lucas, T.P. 1890. On Queensland and other Australian macro-lepidoptera, with localities, and descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 4(4): 1065-1099 [1084].
• Spilosoma quinquefascia Lucas, T.P. 1890. On Queensland and other Australian macro-lepidoptera, with localities, and descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 4(4): 1065-1099 [1085].
• Ardices curvata verticipicta Strand, E. 1918. Arctiidae: Subfam. Arctiinae. Lepidopterorum Catalogus 22: 1-416 [159].
• Spilosoma athertonensis Turner, A.J. 1940. A revision of the Australian Arctiidae (Lepidoptera). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 51: 51-131 [123].

Generic Combinations

• Ardices curvata (Donovan, 1805).

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial, volant.

General References

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. [284] (Note #561: Spilosoma curvata (Donovan, 1805) is a very variable species the morphs of which have received many names. The principal essentially continuous population from central Queensland to Victoria has received most of these names. Two isolated populations which have different ranges of variation occur. One on the Atherton Tableland, Queensland and one in Tasmania. Should names he required for these S. athertonensis Turner, 1940 is available for the former and S. vigens Butler, 1878 for the latter)

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