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Bornean moths in the noctuid subfamily
Catocalinae are described. The Catocalinae are treated in a broad sense,
including also the old concept of the Ophiderinae, but this assemblage is
probably paraphyletic as discussed in an introductory review of the
classification and the characters of all stages that may be relevant. As a
contribution to the development of a better classification of the group, the
species are divided amongst 18 tribes, 4 further groups of genera that may be
monophyletic, and 6 miscellaneous sequences of genera. The first 12 of these
groupings are suggested to offer a more restricted, clearly defined and possibly
monophyletic concept of the Catocalinae. Two new tribes outside this concept
are proposed, the Sypnini and Anobini.
The treatment covers 591
species distributed over 222 genera. For each species, a diagnosis and the
geographical range are given and, where known, details of habitat preference
and biology. Summary lists are provided of the new taxa described (2 tribes, 4
genera, 99 species and 1 subspecies) as well as of numerous other taxonomic
changes. A checklist of all species summarises the fauna.
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