Diphthera

[HOME]

[INDEXES]

Diphthera Hübner, [1809]: Diphthera Hübner, [1809]; Samml. exot. Schmett. 1 : pl. [193], TS: Diphthera elegans Hübner
Euglyphia Hübner, [1820]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (13): 203, TS: Diphthera elegans Hübner
= ; [NACL, 124]

Diphtera Stephens, 1850; (emend.)
Noropsis Guenée, 1852
= ; [NACL, 124]

Euglyphia (Glottulinae) ; Godman & Salvin, 1889, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 263
Diphthera (Catocalinae) ; [NACL, 124]
Diphthera (Ophiderinae) ; [POOLE]

Diphthera festiva (Fabricius, 1775)

Florida, Mexico - Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, Antilles, .... See [About maps] Bombyx festiva Fabricius, 1775
Phalaena hieroglyphica Cramer, [1777]; Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): 81, pl. 147, f. D (preocc. Drury, 1773)

= ; [NACL, #8560]

Diphthera elegans Hübner, 1809

= ; [NACL, #8560]

Noropsis fastuosa Guenée, 1852; in Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 5 (Noct. 1) : 117

= ; [NACL, #8560]

Diphthera festiva, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Diphthera festiva, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Diphthera festiva, Georgia Lepidoptera (USA) [GALEPS]
Diphthera festiva, The Moths of Southeastern Arizona [Bruce Walsh]
Diphthera festiva, Lepidoptera of French Antilles [Pierre Zagatti]
Euglyphia hieroglyphica ; Godman & Salvin, 1889, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 263
Noropsis hieroglyphica ;
Diphthera festiva ; [NACL, #8560]; Becker & Miller, 2002, J. Lep. Soc. 56 (1): 30, f. 70

Larva on Casuarina equisetifolia, Corchorus hirsutus, Schrankia portoricensis, Waltheria indica, Sida sp.

28.10.2008 (1)

References:

[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.
[BAMONA]: Paul Opler, Harry Pavulaan, Ray Stanford, Michael Pogue; Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node
[BCA]: electronic; BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA
[Bruce Walsh]: Bruce Walsh; e-mail: Bruce Walsh; The Moths of Southeastern Arizona; Butterflies of Southeastern Arizona
[GALEPS]: Moths and Butterflies of Georgia and the Southeastern United States; James K. Adams; Dept. of Natural Science, Dalton State College, Dalton, GA ; http://www.daltonstate.edu/galeps/index.htm
[HBN]: Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2
[MPG]: North American Moth Photographers Group
[NACL]: Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.), 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico
[POOLE]: Poole, R. W, 1989; Noctuidae; Lepidopterorum catalogus (New Series, Fasc. 118)
[Pierre Zagatti]: WWW pages; Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of the French Antilles; e-mail: Pierre Zagatti

Some related literature:

Becker & Miller, 2002: The large moths of Guana Island, British Virgin Islands: a survey of efficient colonizers J. Lep. Soc. 56 (1): 9-44
Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1852: Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptéres. Tome Cinquiéme. Noctuélites. Tome 1 Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 5 (Noct. 1) : 1-407, Atlas (Noctuelites): pl. 1-24 (1858)
Cramer, [1777]: Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): 1-152, pl. 97-192 (1777)
Godman & Salvin, 1889: Biologia Centrali-Americana; or Contributions to the Knowledge of the Fauna of Mexico and Central America. Zoology. Lepidoptera. Heterocera Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Heterocera 1: 1-490, 3: pl. 1-101
Hübner, [1809]: Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge, Vol. 1 (1806 - [1819]) Samml. exot. Schmett. 1 : [1-4] (1807), : [5-12] (1807-1809), : [13-36] (1823-1824), : pl. [1-2], [5-8], [12], [15], [29], [47] (1806), : pl. [9], [11], [17], [21], [25-27], [32], [35], [43-44], [56], [60], [79], [102], [104], [116], [141], [148], [150-151], [155], [159], [200] (1807), : pl. [19], [39], [57], [73], [82], [114], [157], [167], [170], [173], [187] (1807), : pl. [3], [31], [37], [46], [54], [58], [62], [76], [84], [92], [95], [105], [112-113], [117], [137-138], [146], [154], [158], [180], [209] (1808), : pl. [16], [28], [65], [89], [142], [160], [162], [166], [182], [188], [193] (1809), : pl. [4], [22], [42], [53], [61], [88], [90], [97], [100], [107], [110], [118], [120], [140], [143], [149], [161], [171], [178], [184], [196], [202] (1809), : pl. [10], [18], [30], [41], [51], [80], [144], [172], [189] (1810), : pl. [36], [70], [87], [91], [101], [124], [129], [177], [183], [207], [210] (1811), : pl. [20], [38], [45], [55], [85], [98], [103], [108], [136], [139], [152-153], [156], [163], [179], [186], [190], [205-206] (1812), : pl. [13-14], [40], [48], [50], [67], [74], [86], [119], [121], [130], [135], [175-176], [197-199], [204], [212] (1813), : pl. [72], [75], [77-78], [83], [93], [109], [111], [115], [128], [131], [165], [174], [194] (1813), : pl. [24], [49], [52], [63-64], [66], [68-69], [71], [81], [123], [145], [181], [192] (1814), : pl. [126], [132-134], [168] (1815), : pl. [23], [96], [122], [125], [169], [195] (1816), : pl. [33], [99], [127], [187], [185], [213] (1817), : pl. [59], [106], [147], [164], [208], [211] (1818), : pl. [34], [94], [191], [201] (1819), : (Index Systematicus) [1-4] (1819 - April 1823)
Hübner, [1820]: Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])

If you have corrections, comments or information to add into these pages, just send mail to Markku Savela
Keep in mind that the taxonomic information is copied from various sources, and may include many inaccuracies. Expert help is welcome.