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Porsica Walker, 1866
Porsica Walker, 1866; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 35: 1823, TS: Porsica ingens Walker
Porsica (Notodontinae) ; [AUCL]
Porsica (Biretinae) ; [NEN50]

Porsica benderi Schintlmeister, 1981
Sumatra, Borneo. See [About maps] Porsica benderi Schintlmeister, 1981; Atalanta 12: 291
Porsica benderi ; [MOB4: 22, pl. 1, f. 6]
Misidentified/misapplied:
Porsica ingens; Holloway, 1976, Moths of Borneo with special reference to Mt. Kinabalu: 55

Porsica ferreopicta Hampson²
Porsica ferreopicta ; [MOB4, 23 (note)]

Larva on Antidesma [MOB4]


Porsica punctifascia (Hampson, 1893)
NE.Himalaya, Hongkong, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo. See [About maps] Gargetta punctifascia Hampson, 1893; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 11: 281
Porsica punctifascia ; Kiriakoff, 1968, in Wytsman, Genera Insectorum 217 (C): 27; [MOB4: 23, pl. 1, f. 9]

Larva on Aporusa chinensis [MOB4]


Porsica ingens Walker, 1866
NE.Himalaya, Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia. See [About maps] Porsica ingens Walker, 1866; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 35: 1823, TL: Sylhet, [Bangladesh] (? Assam, Khasis)
Porsica ingens ; [MOB4: 24]

Larva on Antidesma [MOB4]

Assam, Yunnan Porsica ingens ingens ; [NEN50, 33]
P. i. inopinata Holloway, 1983
Brunei, Sarawak Porsica ingens inopinata Holloway, 1983; Moths of Borneo, 4: 24, pl. 1, f. 8, TL: Brunei, Labi, 75m

Porsica circumducta (Gaede, 1930)
Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo. See [About maps] Gargetta circumducta Gaede, 1930; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde, 10: 616
Porsica circumducta ; Kiriakoff, 1968, in Wytsman, Genera Insectorum 217 (C): 27; [MOB4: 25, pl. 1, f. 10]

Porsica rufocostata (Gaede, 1930)
Sumatra, Borneo. See [About maps] Gargetta rufocostata Gaede, 1930; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde, 10: 616
Porsica rufocostata ; Kiriakoff, 1968, in Wytsman, Genera Insectorum 217 (C): 27; [MOB4: 25, pl. 1, f. 10]

Porsica albescens (Gaede, 1930)
Borneo, Sumatra, Java. See [About maps] Gargetta albescens Gaede, 1930; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde, 10: 616
Porsica albescens ; Kiriakoff, 1968, in Wytsman, Genera Insectorum 217 (C): 26; [MOB4: 25, pl. 1, f. 11]

Porsica curvaria (Hampson, 1892)
NE.Himalaya, Borneo, ?Sumatra, Sulawesi. See [About maps] Gargetta curvaria Hampson, 1892; Fauna Br. India (Moths) 1: 136
Porsica curvaria ; Kiriakoff, 1968, in Wytsman, Genera Insectorum 217 (C): 27; [MOB4: 26: pl. 1, f. 12]; [NEN50]

Larva on Bischofia [MOB4]

P. c. palua Kiriakoff
Sulawesi Porsica palua Kiriakoff
Porsica curvaria palua ; [MOB4, 26 (note)]

Porsica dyspines (West)
Philippines (Luzon). See [About maps] Gargetta dyspines West
Gargetta dyspines ; [MOB4, 26 (note)]

Porsica umbrina (Kiriakoff, 1974)
Sumatra. See [About maps] Stictogargetta umbrina Kiriakoff, 1974; Veröff. zool. StSamml. Münch., 17: 380
Porsica umbrina ; [MOB4, 26 (note)]

Porsica acarodes (Turner, 1903)
Gargetta acarodes Turner, 1903

Porsica diehlongata Schintlmeister, 2002
Sumatra. See [About maps] Porsica diehlongata Schintlmeister, 2002; Heterocera Sumatrana 12 (3): (165-169)


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References:
[AUCL]
Nielsen & Rangsi, 1996; Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia; CSIRO, Australia
[About maps]
Warning! The maps are automaticly generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[MOB4]
Holloway, J. D, 1983; The Moths of Borneo, Part 4; Family Nododontidae
[NEN50]
Alexander Schintlmeister & Fang Cheng Lai, 2001; New and less known Notodontidae from mainland China; Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, Band 50
[²]
This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.


Some related literature:
Hampson, 1892
Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma Fauna Br. India (Moths) 1: I-XXIII, 1-527
Kiriakoff, 1968
Lepidoptera, Familia Notodontidae, pars tertia, Genera Indo-Australica in Wytsman, Genera Insectorum 217 (C): -
Kiriakoff, 1974
Neue und wenig bekannte asiatische Notodontidae Veröff. zool. StSamml. Münch., 17: 371-421
Schintlmeister, 1981
Fünf neue Notodontidae aus Sumatra Atalanta 12: 285-291
Schintlmeister, 2002
Eine neue Notodontidae aus Sumatra: Porsica diehlongata Heterocera Sumatrana 12 (3): 165-169
Walker, 1866
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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