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Somena Walker, 1856

Somena Walker, 1856; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 7: 1734, TS: Somena scintillans Walker

= Nygmia ; Swinhoe, 1922, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 10 (58): 480
= Euproctis ; Inoue, 1957, J. Med. Sc. & Biol. 10: 197; [AUCL]

?Trichia Nietner, 1861; Obverv. enemies Coffee Tree Ceylon: 20, TS: Trichia exigua Nietner

= ?Euproctis ; [NHM]

Somena (Nygmiini) ; [MOB5, 51]

Larva on Anacardium, Mangifera, Berberis, Terminalia, Gynurus, Coriaria, Shorea, Aleurites, Hevea, Castanea, Quercus, Acacia, Cassia, Dalbergia, Pithecellobium, Sesbania, Tamarindus, Lagerstroemia, Gossypium, Ficus, Eugenia, Rosa, Citrus, Salix, Tamarix, (or some possibly for Orvasca) [MOB5, 51]

Somena scintillans Walker, 1856

N.India. See [About maps] Somena scintillans Walker, 1856; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 7: 1734, TL: North India
Nygmia scintillans ; Swinhoe, 1923, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 11 (61): 49
Porthesia scintillans ; Collenette, 1934, Novit. Zool. 39 : 140
Somena scintillans ; [NHM]; [MOB5, 51 (note)]

Somena similis (Moore, [1860])

India - Sundaland. See [About maps] Artaxa similis Moore, [1860]; in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. Lep. Ins. Mus. Nat. East India House 2 : 351, TL: Java
Somena irrorata Moore, [1883]; Lepid. Ceylon 2 (2): 87, TL: Ceylon

= ; [NHM]
= Nygmia scintillans ; Swinhoe, 1923, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 11 (61): 49
= ; [MOB5, 51]

Euproctis raratior Collenette, 1949; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (12) 1 : 706 (repl. Somena irrorata Moore, [1883])

= ; [NHM]; [MOB5, 51]

Euproctis raratior ; Holloway, 1976, Moths of Borneo with special reference to Mt. Kinabalu: 51
Nygmia similis ; Swinhoe, 1923, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 11 (61): 47
Porthesia scintillans similis ; Collenette, 1932, Novit. Zool. 38 : 57
Somena similis ; [NHM]; [MOB5: 51, f. 134, 254, pl. 5]

Somena moorei (Snellen, 1879)

Sulawesi. See [About maps] Euproctis moorei Snellen, 1879; Tijdschr. Ent. 22 : 106, TL: Macassar, Celebes

= Nygmia scintillans ; Swinhoe, 1923, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 11 (61): 49

Somena moorei ; [NHM]; [MOB5, 52 (note)]

Somena aurantiacoides Holloway, 1999

Borneo, Sumatra. See [About maps] Somena aurantiacoides Holloway, 1999; [MOB5: 52, f. 131, pl. 5], TL: Kina Balu, N.Borneo
Somena aurantiacoides ; [NHM]

Misidentified/misapplied:

Euproctis aurantiaca; Schintlmeister, 1994, Heterocera Sumatrana 7 (2): 119

?Somena exigua (Nietner, 1861)

Ceylon. See [About maps] Trichia exigua Nietner, 1861; Obverv. enemies Coffee Tree Ceylon: 20, TL: Ceylon
Euproctis exigua ; [NHM]
?Somena? exigua ; [MOB5, 52]

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References:

[AUCL]

Nielsen & Rangsi, 1996; Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia; CSIRO, Australia

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[MOB5]

Holloway, J. D., 1999; The Moths of Borneo, Part 5: Family Lymantriidae; Malayan Nature Journal 53: 1-188

[NHM]

Natural History Museum; The Global Lepidoptera Names Index

Some related literature:

Collenette, 1932

The Lymantriinae of the Malay Peninsula Novit. Zool. 38 : 49-102, pl. 1-2

Collenette, 1934

The Lymantriidae of Kwang-Tung (S.E. China) Novit. Zool. 39 : 137-150, pl. 10

Collenette, 1949

The Lymantriidae of Java Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (12) 1 : 685-744

Inoue, 1957

A revision of the Japanese Lymantriidae (I & II) J. Med. Sc. & Biol. 9: 133-163 (1956), 10: 187-219 (1957)

Moore, [1860]

A Catalogue of the lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of natural History at East-India House in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. Lep. Ins. Mus. Nat. East India House 2: : 279-440, pl. 13-23,7a,8a,9a,10a,11a,12a,13a

Moore, [1883]

The Lepidoptera of Ceylon Lepid. Ceylon 2 (1): 1-72, pl. 72-107 (1882), (2): 73-162, pl. 108-143 ([1883])

Schintlmeister, 1994

An annotated and illustrated check-list of the Lymantriida of Sumatra with description of new species (Lepidoptera, Lymantriidae) Heterocera Sumatrana 7 (2): 113-180

Snellen, 1879

Lepidoptera van Celebes verzameld door Mr. M.C. Piepers, met aanteekeningen en beschrijving der nieuwe soorten Tijdschr. Ent. 22 : 61-126, pl. 6-10

Swinhoe, 1922; Swinhoe, 1923

A revision of the genera of the family Liparidae Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 10 (58): 449-484, 11 (61): 47-97, 11 (63): 289-304, 11 (64): 400-442

Walker, 1856

List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 1: 1-278 (1854), 2: 279-581 (1854), 3: 582-775 (1855), 4: 776-976 (1855), 5: 977-1258 (1855), 6: 1259-1508 (1855), 7: 1509-1808 (1856)

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