Nicetosoma

Nicetosoma
Nicetosoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Division: Ditrysia
Family: Arctiidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Tribe: Spilosomini
Genus: Nicetosoma
de Vos, 2011
Type species
Phalaena Bombyx niceta
Stoll, 1782

Nicetosoma is a genus of moth in the family Arctiidae from eastern Sundaland, from Sulawesi to New Guinea.

Species

  • Nicetosoma eogena (Walker, [1865])
  • Nycetosoma hyporhoda (Butler, 1882)
  • Nicetosoma inexpectata (Rothschild, 1933)
  • Nicetosoma meforensis de Vos, 2011
  • Nicetosoma niceta (Stoll, 1782)
  • Nicetosoma papuana (Rothschild, 1910)
  • Nicetosoma saturata (Rothschild, 1910)
  • Nicetosoma sulphurata de Vos, 2011
  • Nicetosoma semirosea (Butler, 1887)1

References

  • de Vos, R., 2011: Nicetosoma gen.nov., a new genus for the "Spilosoma" niceta group of species East of the Weber Line (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini). Suara Serangga Papua 5 (4): 109-144.