Species Oeonistis delia (Fabricius, 1787)

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• Noctua delia Fabricius, J.C. 1787. Mantissa Insectorum sistens eorum species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus genericis, differentiis specificis, emendationibus, observationibus. Hafniae : Christ. Gottl. Proft. Vol. 2 382 pp. [140] [type not located].

  Secondary source:

   Holloway, J.D. 2001. The Moths of Borneo: Family Arctiidae, subfamily Lithosiinae. Malayan Nature Journal 55(3, 4): 279-486, figs11-461, pls 1-8 [292-293].
• Gnophria ceramensis Snellen van Vollenhoven, S.C. 1872. Description de trois espèces nouvelles de lépidoptères des Indes Orientales. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 16: 244-247 [246].

  Type data:

   Holotype RMNH ♀, Seram.

  Secondary source:

   De Vos, R. Aug. 2010. The Tigermoths (ARCTIIDAE, Lithosiinae) of Papua Indonesia. Oeonistis delia (Fabricius, 1787). http://www.papua-insects.nl/insect%20orders/Lepidoptera/Arctiidae/Oeonistis/Oeonistis%20delia.htm.
• Tigriodes splendens 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 [1068].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) SAMA 31-002193, Mackay, Queensland.
• Oenistis entella braeckeli Debauche, H. 1938. Amatidae et Lithosiidae nouveaux ou peu connus. Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle du Belgique 14(9): 1-21 [8].

  Type data:

   Holotype IRSNB ♂, Menado, Sulawesi.
  Paratype(s) IRSNB 2♂, Menado, Sulawesi.

  Secondary source:

   De Vos, R. Aug. 2010. The Tigermoths (ARCTIIDAE, Lithosiinae) of Papua Indonesia. Oeonistis delia (Fabricius, 1787). http://www.papua-insects.nl/insect%20orders/Lepidoptera/Arctiidae/Oeonistis/Oeonistis%20delia.htm.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Holloway, J.D. 2001. The Moths of Borneo: Family Arctiidae, subfamily Lithosiinae. Malayan Nature Journal 55(3, 4): 279-486, figs11-461, pls 1-8 [292-293]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Also Sulawesi eastwards to New Caledonia, Samoa and Tonga

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial, volant.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
27-Jul-2017		08-Oct-2015	MODIFIED
		31-Mar-2010	MODIFIED