Family URANIIDAE

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Introduction

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This is a small family with two subfamilies, the Uraniiniae containing about 10 Australian species, and the Epipleminae with about 23 species. In the past these were frequently regarded as separate families but Turner (1911) and Minet (1983) treated them as subfamilies. Another group, the Microniinae, were treated as a separate subfamily by Minet (1983) and by Common (1990) but were included within the Uraniinae by Scoble (1992). Minet (1983, 1986) placed the Uraniidae in the superfamily Uranioidea.

The Australian Uraniinae were revised by Turner (1911) with some notes added by Turner (1922c) and on a wider basis some were revised by Westwood (1879) and in Lepidopterorum Catalogus by Dalla Torre (1924) and in Seitz's Macrolepidoptera of the World by Seitz (1929) and Gaede (1929). The Australian Epipleminae were revised by Turner (1911) with further notes in Turner (1922c) and on a wider basis in Lepidopterorum Catalogus by Dalla Torre (1924) and in Seitz's Macrolepidoptera of the World by Gaede (1929-30a).

The genus Lyssa Hübner was revised by Altena (1953) but other genera have not been recently revised. A broad review of the Uraniinae was published by Lees and Smith (1991) with particular interest in foodplant relationships. The foodplants of some Australian Uraniinae were reported by Coleman and Monteith (1981) and Monteith and Wood (1987).

Most Australian species in the family occur in the northern rainforests but a few Epipleminae are found in N.S.W. and only Lobogethes interrupta Warren inhabits arid areas.

 

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Subfamily EPIPLEMINAE

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Genus Balantiucha Turner, 1911

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Species Balantiucha cyclocrossa Turner, 1926

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Species Balantiucha decorata (Warren, 1898)

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Species Balantiucha leucocephala (Walker, 1863)

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Species Balantiucha mutans (Butler, 1887)

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Species Balantiucha seminigra (Warren, 1896)

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Species Balantiucha stolida (Butler, 1886)

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Genus Cathetus D.S. Fletcher, 1979

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Species Cathetus euthysticha (Turner, 1911)

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Genus Chundana Walker, 1862

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Species Chundana lugubris Walker, 1862

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Genus Dirades Walker, 1866

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Species Dirades lugens (Warren, 1897)

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Genus Dysaethria Turner, 1911

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Species Dysaethria pasteopa Turner, 1911

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Genus Dysrhombia Warren, 1896

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Species Dysrhombia longipennis Warren, 1896

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Genus Epiplema Herrich-Schäffer, 1855

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Species Epiplema angulata Warren, 1896

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Species Epiplema argillodes Turner, 1903

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Species Epiplema coeruleotincta Warren, 1896

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Species Epiplema conflictaria (Walker, 1861)

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General References

Barlow, H.S. 1982. An Introduction to the Moths of South East Asia. Kuala Lumpur : The Malayan Nature Society vii+305 pp., frontispiece, 50 pls.

Edwards, E.D. 1996. Uraniidae. pp. 230-231 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. [231] (Note #351: Epiplema conflictaria (Walker, 1861) was described from two syntypes one from Ceram and one from Borneo. Holloway (1979) discusses this species and concludes that the species occurring in Queensland is not E. conflictaria (Walker) and is undescribed. However, Barlow (1982) in a publication prepared in close collaboration with Holloway uses E. conflictaria (Walker) in the broad sense to include populations from Sri Lanka and India to the Solomon Islands. The name E. conflictaria (Walker) has been retained [by Edwards (1996)] until the situation is clarified. E. conflictavia (Walker, 1861), E. diffinaria (Walker, 1861) and E. exprimataria (Walker, 1861) were published simultaneously. As first reviser Hampson (1895: 129) gave priority to E. conflictaria (Walker))

Hampson, G.F. 1895. Moths III. In, Blandford, W.T. (ed.). The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. London : Taylor and Francis xxviii+546 pp.

Holloway, J.D. 1979. A survey of the Lepidoptera, biogeography and ecology of New Caledonia. Series Entomologica. The Hague : Dr W. Junk Vol. 15 xii+588 pp.

 

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Species Epiplema desistaria (Walker, 1861)

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Species Epiplema leucosema Turner, 1911

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Species Epiplema quadristrigata (Walker, 1866)

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Species Epiplema stereogramma (Turner, 1903)

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Species Epiplema thiocosma Turner, 1911

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Genus Monobolodes Warren, 1898

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Species Monobolodes subfalcata Warren, 1898

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Genus Phazaca Walker, 1863

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Species Phazaca interrupta (Warren, 1896)

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Genus Rhombophylla Turner, 1911

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Species Rhombophylla xylinopis (Turner, 1903)

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Subfamily URANIINAE

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Genus Acropteris Geyer, 1832

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Species Acropteris nanula (Warren, 1898)

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Species Acropteris teriadata (Guenée, 1857)

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Genus Alcides Hübner, 1822

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Species Alcides metaurus (Hopffer, 1856)

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Genus Aploschema Warren, 1897

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Species Aploschema discata (Warren, 1899)

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Edwards, E.D. 1996. Uraniidae. pp. 230-231 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. [230] (Note #350: Aploschema discata (Warren, 1899) is the combination used by Turner (1911). Turner himself, however, doubted if the species really belonged in Aploschema Warren the type species of which is African)

Turner, A.J. 1911. Studies in Australian Lepidoptera. Annals of the Queensland Museum 10: 59-135

 

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Genus Cyphura Warren, 1902

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Species Cyphura geminia (Cramer, 1777)

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Genus Lyssa Hübner, 1823

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Species Lyssa macleayi (Montrouzier, 1856)

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Altena, C.O. van Regteren, 1953. A revision of the genus Nyctalemon Dalman (Lepidoptera, Uraniidae) with notes on the biology, distribution, and evolution of its species. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 19: 1-57, pls1-4

Edwards, E.D. 1996. Uraniidae. pp. 230-231 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. [230] (Note #348: Lyssa macleayi (Montrouzier, 1856) was discussed by Altena (1953). Lyssa patroclus (L.) was recorded in Australia by Turner (1911) but this was overlooked by Altena (1953); who did not examine Australian material. The species in Australia was treated by Altena as L. macleayi (Montrouzier) which he separated from L. patroclus (I.J. However, on pp. 13, 14 he states that he is not certain the two are distinct species)

Turner, A.J. 1911. Studies in Australian Lepidoptera. Annals of the Queensland Museum 10: 59-135

 

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Genus Micronia Guenée, 1857

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Species Micronia sp. A

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Edwards, E.D. 1996. Uraniidae. pp. 230-231 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. [230] (Micronia Guenée, 1857 is represented in Australia by a single species which has been referred to as Micronia justaria Walker, 1861 of which the holotype came from New Guinea. Holloway (1979) considers M. justaria Walker, M. fuscfrimbria Warren, 1897 and M. dilatistriga Warren, 1901 closely related and possibly conspecific but treats them as separate species. He considers Australian specimen referable to M. fuscifrimbria Warren. The syntypes of M. fuscifrimbria Warren are from Tenimbar in Indonesia and the specimen labelled "type" in the BMNH is certainly distinct from the Australian species. The Australian species may be M. justaria Walker or it may he undescribed)

 

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Genus Stesichora Meyrick, 1886

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Species Stesichora quadripunctata Warren, 1896

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Genus Strophidia Hübner, 1823

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Species Strophidia directaria (Walker, 1866)

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Genus Urapteroides Moore, 1888

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Species Urapteroides astheniata (Guenée, 1857)

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