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Stauropus Germar, 1812

Stauropus Germar, 1812; Diss. sistens Bombycum Species (2): 45, TS: Phalaena fagi Linnaeus
Terasion Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (10): 147, TS: Phalaena fagi Linnaeus
Neostauropus Kiriakoff, 1967; in Wytsman, Genera Insect. 217 (B): 89, TS: Stauropus basalis Moore
Chlorostauropus Kiriakoff, 1968; in Wytsman, Genera Insectorum 217 (C): 135, TS: Stauropus viridissimus Bethune-Baker

= ; [AUCL]

Terasia ; Agassiz, 1846, Nomina syst. Gen. Lep.(index) : 64, 364 (missp.)
Neostauropus (Notodontinae) ; [AUCL]
Stauropus (Stauropinae) ; [NEN50]

Stauropus fagi (Linnaeus, 1758)

EU, N.Asia, Hokkaido, tr, Iran. See [About maps] Noitanirkko Pyökkikehrääjä Sipelgtutlane Lobster Moth Lobster Prominent Buchenspinner Buchen-Zahnspinner Eichhorn Écureuil Harpye des Hêtres Guerrero del Haya Ekorrspinnare bükkfa-púposszövö
Phalaena fagi Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 508, TL: [Europe]
ab. obscura Rebel, 1910
ab. melaina Groth, 1942
ab. nigrescens Lempke, 1959
Stauropus fagi [Kimmo Silvonen]
Stauropus fagi [NORLEP]
Stauropus fagi [Ian Kimber]
Stauropus fagi fagi ; [NEN50]

409x615 (~46Kb) male Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Ötisheim, 8° 47' E, 48° 58' N altitude 285m, 01.05.1999, Photo © Karl Hofsäß	656x437 (~40Kb) male Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Ötisheim, 8° 47' E, 48° 58' N altitude 285m, 01.05.1999, Photo © Karl Hofsäß	400x601 (~69Kb) Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch
400x604 (~43Kb) larva Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch	550x301 (~23Kb)

Larva on Betula spp., Corylus avellana, Salix caprea, Malus domestica, Sorbus aucuparia, Tilia cordata [SPRK]

S. f. fagi

Stauropus fagi fagi ; de Freina, 1999, Atalanta 30 (1/4): 219

Stauropus alternus Walker, 1855

NE.Himalaya, Sundaland, Philippines, Sulawesi, S.Moluccas. See [About maps] Stauropus alternus Walker, 1855; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 5: 1020
Neostauropus alternus ; Kiriakoff, 1968, in Wytsman, Genera Insectorum 217 (C): 133; [MOB4: 58, pl. 6, f. 66]
Stauropus alternus alternus ; [NEN50]

Larva on (pest of tea, coffee, rambutan, mango) Ricinus, Careya, Cajanus, Cassia, Ougeinia, Pithecellobium, Wagatea [MOB4]

S. a. brunneus Schintlmeister²

Sumatra Neostauropus alternus brunneus ; [MOB4, 58]

S. a. niasicus Schintlmeister²

Nias Neostauropus alternus niasicus ; [MOB4, 58]

S. a. nephodes West²

Philippines Neostauropus alternus nephodes ; [MOB4, 58]

S. a. melastomatis Felder²

Amboina Neostauropus alternus melastomatis ; [MOB4, 58]

Stauropus albescens Moore

S.India, Sri Lanka. See [About maps] Neostauropus albescens ; [MOB4, 58]

Stauropus major van Eecke, 1929

Sumatra, Borneo. See [About maps] Stauropus major van Eecke, 1929; Zool. Meded. Leiden 12: 166
Neostauropus major ; Kiriakoff, 1968, in Wytsman, Genera Insectorum 217 (C): 134; [MOB4: 59, pl. 6, f. 65]

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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.

[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

[Ian Kimber]

http://www.ukmoths.force9.co.uk/

[Karl Hofsäß]

Karl Hofsaess; e-mail: Karl Hofsäß

[Kimmo Silvonen]

Espoo, Finland; Kimmo's Lep Site

[MOB4]

Holloway, J. D., 1983; The Moths of Borneo, Part 4; Family Nododontidae

[Michael Borsch]

Geesthacht, Germany; contact through; e-mail: Francisco Welter-Schultes

[NEN50]

Alexander Schintlmeister & Fang Cheng Lai, 2001; New and less known Notodontidae from mainland China; Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, Band 50

[NORLEP]

Norges Sommerfugler

[SPRK]

Seppänen, E. J, 1970; Suomen suurperhostoukkien ravintokasvit, Animalia Fennica 14

[²]

This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.

Some related literature:

Agassiz, 1846

Nomina systematica Generum Lepidopterorum, tam viventium quam fossilium Nomina syst. Gen. Lep. : 1-70

Bethune-Baker, 1904

New Lepidoptera from British New Guinea Novit. Zool. 11 (2): 367-429, 3pls

de Freina, 1999

Beitrag zur systematischen Erfassung der Bombyces- und Sphinges-Fauna Kleinasiens, Weitere Kenntnisse über Artenspektrum, Systematik und Verbreitung der Lasiocampidae, Lemoniidae, Notodontidae, Thaumetopoeidae, Lymantriidae, Arctiidae und Cymatophoridae Atalanta 30 (1/4): 187-257

Hübner, [1819]

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])

Kiriakoff, 1968

Lepidoptera, Familia Notodontidae, pars tertia, Genera Indo-Australica in Wytsman, Genera Insectorum 217 (C): -

Linnaeus, 1758

Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 1-338 339-824

Moore, 1877

New Species of Heterocerous Lepidoptera of the Tribe Bombyces, collected by Mr. W. B. Pryer chiefly in the District of Shanghai Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 20 (116) : 83-94

Walker, 1855

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: 582-775 (1855) 4: 776-976 (1855) 5: 977-1258 (1855) 6: 1259-1508 (1855) 7: 1509-1808 (1856)

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