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Neodiphthera Fletcher, 1982
Neodiphthera Fletcher, 1982; Generic Names of Moths of the World, 4: 107, TS: Opodiphthera papuana Rothschild
Neodiphthera Bouvier, 1936; Mem. Mus. Hist. nat. (N.S) 3: 142 (key), 194

Neodiphthera papuana (Rothschild, 1904)
New Guinea. See [About maps] Opodiphthera papuana Rothschild, 1904; Novit. Zool. 11 (2) : 601, TL: Astrolabe Bay

Neodiphthera albicera (Rothschild & Jordan, 1907)
New Guinea. See [About maps] Opodiphthera papuana albicera Rothschild & Jordan, 1907; Dt. Ent. Zs 1907 : 193

Neodiphthera venusta (Rothschild & Jordan, 1907)
New Guinea. See [About maps] Opodiphthera venusta Rothschild & Jordan, 1907; Dt. Ent. Zs 1907 : 193

Neodiphthera sciron (Westwood, 1881)
Waigeu sciron (Westwood, 1881) (Saturnia); Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1881 : 143, pl. 12, f. 3, TL: Waigeu
Opodiphtera[sic] inversa Rothschild, 1896; in Rothschild & Jordan, Novit. Zool. 3 (1): 21, TL: Mailu, British New Guinea
= Neodiphthera sciron inversa ; [NHM]


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References:
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[NHM]
Natural History Museum; The Global Lepidoptera Names Index


Some related literature:
Rothschild, 1904
Two new Saturniidae Novit. Zool. 11 (2) : 601
Rothschild in Rothschild & Jordan, 1896
Notes on Heterocera, with descriptions of new genera and species Novit. Zool. 3 (1): 21-62, (2): 185-208, (4): pl. 14-15
Rothschild & Jordan, 1907
Lepidopteren aus Neu-Guinea Dt. Ent. Zs 1907 : 189-198
Westwood, 1881
Descriptions of some new Exotic Species of Moths Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1881 : 141-145, pl. 12-13


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