OPODIPHTHERA OF THE WORLD

OPODIPHTHERA Wallengren, 1858 Wallengren used the spelling "Opodipthera" in 1860. These moths fly in Australia and neighbouring islands. Earlier taxonomies frequently had them listed as being of the Antheraea genus. Opodiphthera eucalypti larva copyright Kirby Wolfe. P indicates an image is available. Listing of Opodiphthera

P astrophela Walker, 1855 eastern Australia
P carnea (Sonthonnax, 1899) Northern Territory, Australia possible synonym of one of the other species
P engaea Turner, 1922 S. Queensland, N. New South Wales, Australia
P eucalypti Scott, 1864 mainland Australia
P fervida Jordan, 1910 Australia
P helena (White, 1843) Tasmania to central Queensland
P jurriaansei Van Eecke, 1933 Moluccas, Papua New Guinea
tenimberensis, Niepelt, 1934, is junior synonym of jurriaansei
P loranthi T. P. Lucas, 1891 northeast quarter of Australia
N pristina Walker, 1865
N tenimberensis Niepelt, 1934, Tanimbar (Tenimber) Islands, Indonesia, possibly synonym of jurriaansei

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The following species, once included in Opodipthera, are now classified as Neodipthera. There may be others.

P aruensis Paukstadt, Paukstadt & Suhardjono, 2003 Moluccas
P ceramensis Bouvier, 1928 Moluccas, Indonesia
N decellei Lemaire & Nässig (in Nässig & Lemaire), 2002 Papua Niugini: Bougainville Island
N doboensis L H. Paukstadt, 2004 Syntherata
N elleri Eckerlein, 1935 status doubtful, Papua New Guinea
P excavus Lane, 1995 Australia
P foucheri (Bouvier, 1928), Papua New Guinea
grisea is a synonym of foucheri
N gazella (Niepelt, 1934), Papua New Guinea
N goodgeri D'Abrera, 1988 New Guinea, now in Neodiphthera
nigroculata (Bouvier, 1928), is synonym of papuana
P intermedia Bouvier, 1928, Papua New Guinea
P joiceyi Bouvier, 1928, Papua New Guinea
P monacha Staudinger, 1920 ?, Papua New Guinea
P rhythmica (Turner, 1936) New South Wales, Australia
N Opodiphthera (Neodiphthera) roicki Brechlin, 2005
P sciron Moluccas, Indonesia now in Neodiphthera
strandi (Niepelt, 1934), is a synonym of sciron
P saccopoea (Turner, 1924) Australia
P sahulensis Paukstadt, Paukstadt & Suhardjono, 2003 Moluccas
N talboti Bouvier, 1928, Papua New Guinea
N tennenti Nässig & Lemaire, 2002 Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
P venusta New Guinea

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