Family DREPANIDAE
Introduction
The Drepanidae are a small family. The subfamily Drepaninae is represented by four species in rainforest habitats in Australia.
The world literature was reviewed in Lepidopterorum Catalogus by Gaede (1931d) and the Indoaustralian fauna treated in Seitz's Macrolepidoptera of the World by Warren (1922-1924).
The Australian species were revised by Turner (1926c) and some genera present in Australia were surveyed by Watson (1957, 1967).
Distinct from the Drepaninae, the Hypsidia Rothschild group of species is endemic to Australia. These were reviewed by Scoble & Edwards (1988) but were not placed in any of the recognised subfamilies. Their biology is unknown.
General References
Gaede, M. 1931. Drepanidae. Lepidopterorum Catalogus 49: 1-60
Scoble, M.J. & Edwards, E.D. 1988. Hypsidia Rothschild: a review and a reassessment (Lepidoptera: Drepanoidea, Drepanidae). Entomologica Scandinavica 18: 333-353
Turner, A.J. 1926. Revision of Australian Lepidoptera: Drepanidae, Limacodidae, Zygaenidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 51: 411-445
Warren, W. 1924. [1922-1924]. The Macrolepidoptera of the World. 10. Bombyces and Sphinges of the Indo-Australian Region. 2 vols. pp. 444-490, pls 48-51 in Seitz, A. (ed.). [Drepanidae] Cyclidiinae, Drepaninae, Alphabetical List. Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Verlag 909 pp., 100 pls.
Watson, A. 1957. A revision of the genus Tridrepana Swinhoe (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 4: 407-500, pls 2, 3
Watson, A. 1967. A survey of the extra-Ethiopian Oretinae (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 19(3): 149-221, 9 pls, 92 figs
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |