Somena

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]; [AfroMoths]
?Trichia Nietner, 1861; Obverv. enemies Coffee Tree Ceylon: 20; TS: Trichia exigua Nietner
- = ?Euproctis ; [NHM card]

Somena (Nygmiini); [MOB5], 51; [RFEL]

Somena pulverea (Leech, 1888)

Japan, Formosa, Korea, .... See [maps]

Artaxa pulverea Leech, 1888; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1888: 623, pl. 31, f. 5
Euproctis argentata Leech, 1899; Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1899 (1): 139; TL: Japan
- = ; Inoue, 1957, J. Med. Sc. & Biol. 10: 201
Porthesia riukiuana Matsumura, 1927; J. Coll. Agric. Hokkaido Imp. Univ. 19 (1): 39; TL: Okinava, Riukiu
- = ; Inoue, 1957, J. Med. Sc. & Biol. 10: 201

Nygmia argentata; Swinhoe, 1922, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 10 (58): 484
Euproctis argentata; [NHM card]
Euproctis riukiuana; [NHM card]
Nygmia pulverea; Swinhoe, 1922, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 10 (58): 481
Euproctis pulverea; Inoue, 1957, J. Med. Sc. & Biol. 10: 201; [NHM card]
Somena pulverea; [RFEL]

Somena scintillans Walker, 1856

N.India. See [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 card]; [MOB5], 51 (note)

Somena similis (Moore, [1860])

India - Sundaland. See [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 card]
- = 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 card]; [MOB5], 51

Somena similis, Moths of Borneo [MOB]

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 card]; [MOB5]: 51, f. 134, 254, pl. 5

Somena moorei (Snellen, 1879)

Sulawesi. See [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 card]; [MOB5], 52 (note)

Somena aurantiacoides Holloway, 1999

Borneo, Sumatra. See [maps]

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

Somena aurantiacoides, Moths of Borneo [MOB]

Somena aurantiacoides; [NHM card]

Misidentified/misapplied:

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

Somena sp.1730 Sarawak

Somena sp.1730; [MOB5]: 53, f. 133, pl. 5

?Somena exigua (Nietner, 1861)

Ceylon. See [maps]

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

Euproctis exigua; [NHM card]
?Somena ? exigua; [MOB5], 52

References:

[AfroMoths] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W., 2013
Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera)
[MOB] Holloway & Barlow
Online version of; Moths of Borneo
[NHM] Natural History Museum
The Global Lepidoptera Names Index; Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[maps]
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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
[MOB5]; Holloway, 1999
Family Lymantriidae Moths of Borneo 5
Inoue, 1957
A revision of the Japanese Lymantriidae (I & II) J. Med. Sc. & Biol. 9: 133-163 (1956), 10: 187-219 (1957)
Leech, 1888
On the Lepidoptera of Japan and Corea, Pt II. Heterocera, Sect. I Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1888 : 580-655, pl. 30-32
Leech, 1899
Lepidoptera Heterocera from Northern China, Japan and Corea. Part II Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1899 (1) : 99-219
[RFEL]; Leley, 2016
Annotated catalogue of the insects of Russian Far East. Volume II. Lepidoptera Cat. ins. Russian Far East. 2 : 1-812
Matsumura, 1927
New species and subspecies of moths from the Japanese Empire J. Coll. Agric. Hokkaido Imp. Univ. 19 (1) : 1-91, pl. 1-5
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])
[AUCL]; Nielsen & Rangsi, 1996
Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia Monogr. Aust. Lepid. 4: 1-529
Schintlmeister, 1994
An annotated and illustrated check-list of the Lymantriidae 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: 583-775 (1855), 4: 777-976 (1855), 5: 977-1258 (1855), 6: 1259-1508 (1855), 7: 1509-1808 (1856)

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