Genus Sandava Walker, 1863

Museums

Regional Maps

• Sandava Walker, F. 1863. Geometrites. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 26: 1478-1796 [Date published 1863: incl. Index to parts 20-26; dated 1862] [1623].

  Type species:

   Sandava melaleucata Walker, 1863 by monotypy.
• Istarba Walker, 1866.
• Sandasa; Kaye, 1901.
• Istarva; Lower, 1895.

General References

Edwards, E.D. 1996. Noctuidae. pp. 291-333 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. [296] (Note 591. Sandava Walker, [1863]. Pectinidia Holloway, 1977 was the genus erected for the Norfolk Island species P. silvicola Holloway, 1977. The type species of Artigisa Walker, [1863] is A. nigrosignata Walker, [1863] from Borneo and the male is unknown. It is possible that the Australian species placed in Artigisa Walker do not belong there. Holloway (1977) compared Pectinidia silvicola Holloway with Artigisa impropria (Walker, 1865). Had he examined Artigisa lignicolaria (Walker, 1866) or Sandava scitisignata Walker he may have placed P. silvicola Holloway in one of these genera. It may well be that the Australian species placed in Artigisa and Pectinidia silvicola Holloway would all be better considered as species of Sandava Walker)

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