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Vitessa Moore, [1860]

Vitessa Moore, [1860]; in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. Lep. Ins. Mus. Nat. East India House 2 : 299, TS: Vitessa suradeva Moore
Vitessa (Pyralinae) ; Hampson, 1896, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1896 (4) : 502; Munroe & Shaffer, 1980, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 39 (4) : 258
Vitessa (Pyralini) ; [AUCL]; [GlobIZ]

Vitessa griseata Kenrick, 1907

New Guinea. See [About maps] Vitessa griseata Kenrick, 1907; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1907 : 75, pl. 3, f. 45, TL: Papua, Dinawa, 4000ft
Vitessa griseata ; Munroe & Shaffer, 1980, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 39 (4) : 267

Vitessa brandti Munroe & Shaffer, 1980

Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain. See [About maps] Vitessa brandti Munroe & Shaffer, 1980; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 39 (4) : 269, TL: New Britain, Mt. Sinewit, 1050m

Vitessa cyanea Hampson, 1906

-. See [About maps] Vitessa cyanea Hampson, 1906; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 17 (98): 217, TL: D'Entrecasteaux Is., Fergusson I.
Vitessa cyanea ; Munroe & Shaffer, 1980, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 39 (4) : 271

V. c. cyanea

New Guinea, D'Entrecasteaux Is. (Fergusson I.) Vitessa cyanea cyanea ; Munroe & Shaffer, 1980, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 39 (4) : 273

V. c. ceramensis Munroe & Shaffer, 1980

Moluccas (Seram) Vitessa cyanea ceramensis Munroe & Shaffer, 1980; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 39 (4) : 273, TL: Seram, Jllo

Vitessa zemire (Stoll, [1781])

-. See [About maps] Phalaena zemire Stoll, [1781]; in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4 (29-31): 149, pl. 367, f. I, TL: Amboina
Vitessa zemire, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Vitessa zemira[sic, recte zemire] ; Lederer, 1863, Wien. ent. Monats. 7 (10): 335, (12): pl. 6, f. 8 (missp.)
Vitessa zemire ; Munroe & Shaffer, 1980, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 39 (4) : 274; [AUCL]

V. z. zemire

S.Moluccas (Seram, Ambon, Saparua) Vitessa zalmira ; Hampson, 1896, (missp.)
Vitessa zemire zemire ; Munroe & Shaffer, 1980, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 39 (4) : 276

V. z. temerata Swinhoe, 1906

Misool, Salawati, Waigeo, New Guinea, Kepulauan Aru, D'Entrecasteaux Is. Vitessa temerata Swinhoe, 1906; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 18 (108) : 413, TL: Papua, Granville

= Vitessa zemire ; [AUCL]

Vitessa zemire temerata ; Munroe & Shaffer, 1980, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 39 (4) : 276

V. z. expansa Munroe & Shaffer, 1980

N.Moluccas (Halmahera, Batjan) Vitessa zemire expansa Munroe & Shaffer, 1980; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 39 (4) : 275, TL: Halmahera, Toeelo

V. z. nephritica Munroe & Shaffer, 1980

Australia (Queensland) Vitessa zemire nephritica Munroe & Shaffer, 1980; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 39 (4) : 278, TL: Queensland, Mt Edit, 18mls north-east of Atherton, 3400ft

= Vitessa zemire ; [AUCL]

V. z. coronis Munroe & Shaffer, 1980

Bismarck Archipelago (Umboi I.) Vitessa zemire coronis Munroe & Shaffer, 1980; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 39 (4) : 278, TL: Rook Island

= Vitessa zemire ; [AUCL]

V. z. novaebritanniae Munroe & Shaffer, 1980

Bismarck Archipelago (New Britain, New Hannover.New Ireland) Vitessa zemire novaebritanniae Munroe & Shaffer, 1980; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 39 (4) : 279, TL: New Britain, Talesea

= Vitessa zemire ; [AUCL]

V. z. solomonis Munroe & Shaffer, 1980

Solomons (Bougainville - Guadalcanal) Vitessa zemire solomonis Munroe & Shaffer, 1980; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 39 (4) : 280, TL: Solomon Is, Florida I.

= Vitessa zemire ; [AUCL]

V. z. cheesmanae Munroe & Shaffer, 1980

New Hebrides Vitessa zemire cheesmanae Munroe & Shaffer, 1980; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 39 (4) : 280, TL: New Hebrides, Malekula, Ounua

= Vitessa zemire ; [AUCL]

Vitessa hieratica Swinhoe, 1900

Sumatra, Borneo(Sarawak, Sabah). See [About maps] Vitessa hieratica Swinhoe, 1900; Cat. Het. Mus. Oxford (2) : 430, pl. 6, f. 22, TL: Borneo, Sarawak
Vitessa hieratica ; Munroe & Shaffer, 1980, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 39 (4) : 285

Vitessa philippina Munroe & Shaffer, 1980

Philippines. See [About maps] Vitessa philippina Munroe & Shaffer, 1980; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 39 (4) : 286, TL: Philippines, Luzon, Manila

Vitessa stettina Swinhoe, 1906

New Guinea. See [About maps] Vitessa stettina Swinhoe, 1906; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 18 (108) : 412, TL: New Guinea, Papua, Granville
Vitessa stettina ; Munroe & Shaffer, 1980, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 39 (4) : 287

Vitessa hollandi Munroe & Shaffer, 1980

-. See [About maps] Vitessa hollandi Munroe & Shaffer, 1980; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 39 (4) : 289, TL: Papua New Guinea, Finisterre Mts, Wantoat, 1200m

V. h. hollandi

Kepulauan Schouten, New Guinea Vitessa hollandi hollandi ; Munroe & Shaffer, 1980, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 39 (4) : 290

V. h. wallacealis Munroe & Shaffer, 1980

Sulawesi Vitessa hollandi wallacealis Munroe & Shaffer, 1980; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 39 (4) : 289, TL: Sulawesi, Medado

V. h. ssp.

Moluccas Vitessa hollandi ssp. ; Munroe & Shaffer, 1980, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 39 (4) : 290

V. h. ssp.

Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain Vitessa hollandi ssp. ; Munroe & Shaffer, 1980, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 39 (4) : 291

Vitessa ternatica Lederer, 1863

Moluccas (Ternate, Buru, Seram), New Guinea. See [About maps] Vitessa ternatica Lederer, 1863; Wien. ent. Monats. 7 (10): 335, (12): 456, pl. 6, f. 7, TL: Ternate
Vitessa sarumensis Holland, 1900; Novit. Zool. 7 (3): 582, TL: Moluccas, Buru

= ; Munroe & Shaffer, 1980, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 39 (4) : 292

Vitessa ternatica ; Munroe & Shaffer, 1980, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 39 (4) : 292

Vitessa hemiallactis Meyrick, 1887

-. See [About maps] Vitessa hemiallactis Meyrick, 1887; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1887 (3) : 193

V. h. hemiallactis

Kepulauan Kai, Waigeo, New Guinea Vitessa hemiallactis hemiallactis ; Munroe & Shaffer, 1980, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 39 (4) : 296

V. h. moluccana Munroe & Shaffer, 1980

Moluccas Vitessa hemiallactis moluccana Munroe & Shaffer, 1980; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 39 (4) : 295, TL: Moluccas, Obi, Laiwui

V. h. admiralitis Munroe & Shaffer, 1980

Admiralty Is. Vitessa hemiallactis admiralitis Munroe & Shaffer, 1980; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 39 (4) : 297, TL: Admiralty Is., Manus

V. h. lustrans Munroe & Shaffer, 1980

Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Is. Vitessa hemiallactis lustrans Munroe & Shaffer, 1980; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 39 (4) : 298, TL: Bismarck Archipelago, New Hannover

V. h. sp.

? Vitessa hemiallactis sp. ; Munroe & Shaffer, 1980, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 39 (4) : 296

Vitessa intermedia Munroe & Shaffer, 1980

New Guinea. See [About maps] Vitessa intermedia Munroe & Shaffer, 1980; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 39 (4) : 299, TL: Papua, Biagi, Mambare R, 1500m

Vitessa barretti Munroe & Shaffer, 1980

New Guinea. See [About maps] Vitessa barretti Munroe & Shaffer, 1980; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 39 (4) : 300, TL: ;New Guinea, Western Highlands, Mt. Hagen

Vitessa glaucoptera Hampson, 1906

Australia (Queensland). See [About maps] Vitessa glaucoptera Hampson, 1906; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 17 (98): 216, TL: Queensland, Cedar Bay, s of Cooktown
Vitessa glaucoptera, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Vitessa glaucoptera ; Munroe & Shaffer, 1980, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 39 (4) : 301; [AUCL]

Vitessa cristobalensis Munroe & Shaffer, 1980

Solomon Is.. See [About maps] Vitessa cristobalensis Munroe & Shaffer, 1980; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 39 (4) : 302

Vitessa pyraliata Walker, [1865]

-. See [About maps] Vitessa pyraliata Walker, [1865]; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 31: 220, TL: Sulawesi
Vitessa pyraliata ; Munroe & Shaffer, 1980, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 39 (4) : 305

V. p. pyraliata

SW.Sulawesi, SE.Sulawesi, Flores Vitessa pyraliata pyraliata ; Munroe & Shaffer, 1980, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 39 (4) : 308

V. p. latialbata Munroe & Shaffer, 1980

Burma, Malaya, Java, Natuna Is., Borneo, W.Sulawesi Vitessa pyraliata latialbata Munroe & Shaffer, 1980; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 39 (4) : 306, TL: Malaya, Maxwell Hill

V. p. triangulifera Munroe & Shaffer, 1980

Philippines Vitessa pyraliata triangulifera Munroe & Shaffer, 1980; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 39 (4) : 308, TL: Philippines, Luzon, Benguet, Baguio

Vitessa kolakalis Munroe & Shaffer, 1980

SE.Sulawesi. See [About maps] Vitessa kolakalis Munroe & Shaffer, 1980; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 39 (4) : 309, TL: Sulawesi, Ulu Kolaka, 500m

Vitessa muluana Munroe & Shaffer, 1980

Borneo (Sarawak, Sabah). See [About maps] Vitessa muluana Munroe & Shaffer, 1980; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 39 (4) : 311, TL: Borneo, Sarawak, Mt. Mulu, 300-1200m

Vitessa splendida Schultze, 1908

Philippines. See [About maps] Vitessa splendida Schultze, 1908; Philippine J. Sci. (A) 3 : 35, pl. 1, f. 11, TL: Philippines, Negros Occidental, Maao
Vitessa splendida ; Munroe & Shaffer, 1980, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 39 (4) : 313

Vitessa plumosa Hampson, 1896

-. See [About maps] Vitessa plumosa Hampson, 1896; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1896 (4) : 503, TL: Sambawa
Vitessa plumosa ; [AUCL]; Munroe & Shaffer, 1980, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 39 (4) : 314

V. p. plumosa

Lesser Sunda Is. (Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Kalao, TImor, Damar) Vitessa plumosa plumosa ; Munroe & Shaffer, 1980, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 39 (4) : 316

V. p. salayerensis Munroe & Shaffer, 1980

Salajar Vitessa plumosa salayerensis Munroe & Shaffer, 1980; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 39 (4) : 317, TL: Salajar, Somarisi, 500m

= Vitessa plumosa ; [AUCL]

Vitessa teleroma Swinhoe, 1906

Malaya, Sumatra, Natuna Is., Borneo, Sri Lanka?, Darjiling?. See [About maps] Vitessa teleroma Swinhoe, 1906; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 18 (108) : 412, TL: Malay, Perak
Vitessa teleroma ; Munroe & Shaffer, 1980, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 39 (4) : 245

Vitessa suradeva Moore, [1860]

-. See [About maps] Vitessa suradeva Moore, [1860]; in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. Lep. Ins. Mus. Nat. East India House 2 : 299, TL: India, Assam, Chera Poonjee

V. s. suradeva

N.India, Bangladesh, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam Vitessa formosa Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875; Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (5): pl. 137, f. 1, TL: India

= ; Munroe & Shaffer, 1980, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 39 (4) : 320

Vitessa suradeva suradeva ; Munroe & Shaffer, 1980, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 39 (4) : 320

V. s. rama Moore, 1885

S.India, Ceylon Vitessa rama Moore, [1885]; Lepid. Ceylon 3 (2): 256, pl. 178, f. 4, TL: Ceylon
Vitessa suradeva rama ; Munroe & Shaffer, 1980, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 39 (4) : 322

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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.

[Don Herbison-Evans]

and Stella A. Crossley; Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans

[GlobIZ]

Global information system on pyraloidea; GlobIZ; Globales Informtationssystem Zünslerfalter; Note This information is not automatically synchronized with GlobIZ and can sometimes be lagging behind.

Some related literature:

Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875

Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Behilfen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Band 2. Abtheilung 2. Lepidoptera. Rhopalocera Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2) (1): 1-136, pl. 1-21 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, [1865]), (2): 137-378, pl. 22-47 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, 1865), (3): 379-536, pl. 48-74 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, 1867), (4): 537-548, pl. 75-120, (Inhalts-Verz.) 1-9 (pl. 1-74), (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) , (5): pl. 121-140, (erklärung) 1-10 (pl. 75-107), (Inhalts-Vers.) 1-20 (pl. 108-140), (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)

Hampson, 1896

The Fauna of British India. Moths. 4 Fauna Br. India (Moths) 4: xxvii + 594pp, 287 fgs

Hampson, 1896

On the classification of the three subfamilies of Moths of the family Pyraliidae: The Epipaschiinae, Endorichiinae and Pyralidae Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1896 (4) : 451-550

Hampson, 1906

On New Thyrididae and Pyralidae Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 17 (97): 112-147, (98): 189-222, (99): 253-269, (100): 344-359

Holland, 1900

The Lepidoptera of Buru. (1) Rhopalocera, (2) Heterocera Novit. Zool. 7 (1): 54-86, (3): 555-591

Janse, 1924

List of species, including descriptions of new species, belonging to the family Pyralidae. Collected by Messrs. C., F. and J. Pratt in the Mountains of Central Ceram during October, 1919, to February, 1920 Bull. Hill. Mus. 1 (3) : 489-507

Kenrick, 1907

A List of Moths of the Family Pyralidae collected by A. E. Pratt in British New Guinea in 1902-3, with descriptions of new Species Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1907 : 68-87, pl. 3-4

Lederer, 1863

Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Pyralidinen Wien. ent. Monats. 7 (8): 243-280, (10): 331-378, (11): 379-426, (12): 427-502, pl. 2-18

Meyrick, 1887

On the Pyralidina from Australia and the South Pacific Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1887 (3) : 185-268

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, [1885]

The Lepidoptera of Ceylon Lepid. Ceylon 3 (1): 1-88, pl. 144-157 (1884), (2): 89-304, pl. 158-181 ([1885]), (3): 305-392, pl. 182-195 ([1886]), (4): 393-578, pl. 196-215 (1887)

Munroe & Shaffer, 1980

A revision of Vitessidia Rothschild & Jordan and Vitessa Moore (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 39 (4) : 241-360

Schultze, 1908

New and little-known Lepidoptera from the Philippine Islands Philippine J. Sci. (A) 3 : 27-39, pl. 1

Stoll, [1781]

Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4 (26b-28): 29-90, pl. 305-336 (1780), (29-31): 91-164, pl. 337-372 (1781), (32-32): 165-252, 1-29, pl. 373-400 (1782)

Swinhoe, 1900

Catalogue of Eastern and Australian Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the Oxford Museum. Part II: Noctuina, Geometrina and Pyralidina Cat. Het. Mus. Oxford (2) : 1-630, pl. 1-8

Swinhoe, 1906

New and little-known Species of Eastern and Australian Heterocera Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 18 (108) : 403-416

Walker, [1865]

List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 31: 1-322 ([1865]), 32: 323-706 (1865), 33: 707-1120 (1865), 34: 1121-1534 ([1866]), 35: 1535-2040 (1866)

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