Tribe Syntomiini Herrich-Schaeffer, (1846)

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• Syntomini Herrich-Schäffer, (1846).

  Type genus:

   Syntomis Ochsenheimer, 1808.
• Syntomides Herrich-Schäffer, (1846).

  Type genus:

   Syntomis Ochsenheimer, 1808.
• Ctenuchiae Kirby, 1837.

  Type genus:

   Ctenucha Kirby, 1837.
• Amatidae Janse, 1917.

  Type genus:

   Amata Fabricius, 1807.

Introduction

The Ctenuchinae of the world were revised by Hampson (1898) and listed in Lepidopterorum Catalogus by Zerny (1912). The Indoaustralian fauna was listed in Seitz's Macrolepidoptera of the World Vol. 10 by Seitz (1912-13). Australian species were revised by Meyrick (1886) and Turner (1898, 1905).

Most Australian species were placed in the widespread Amata Fabricius which contains a large number of species which are difficult to distinguish and are very inadequately studied. The genera Ceryx Wallengren, Eressa Walker and Euchromia Hübner have only a few Australian species but are well represented overseas.

There have been no additional publications on the Australian fauna since Edwards (1996)

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.

Hampson, G.F. 1898. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Syntomidae in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 1 xxi 559 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

Seitz, A. 1913. Syntomidae. Pp. 61-92, pls 9-12 in Seitz, A. (ed.). [1912-1913]. The Macrolepidoptera of the World. 10. Bombyces and Sphinges of the Indo-Australian Region. 2 vols. Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Verlag 909 pp., 100 pls.

Turner, A.J. 1898. Notes on Australian Lepidoptera. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 22: 90-100

Turner, A.J. 1905. Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 29(4): 853-854

Zerny, H. 1912. Syntomidae. Lepidopterorum Catalogus 7: 1-179

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