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Gyrtothripa
papuana
Hampson
Beara papuana Hampson, 1912: 582.
Gyrtothripa
semiplumbea
Warren, 1914, Novit. zool., 21: 419,
syn. n.
Gyrtothripa papuana
Diagnosis. The forewings are a dark purplish grey with, in the costal half,
alternating pale grey fasciated triangles and rufous brown patches, two of each,
with ground colour at the very base and very apex of the wing.
Taxonomic note. Poole (1989) included papuana in Gyrtothripa;
semiplumbea proves to be conspecific. The species is atypical of the
genus, as discussed in the generic account, in having tymbal organs, but an
undescribed species from Sulawesi (slide 17146) has facies of the same general
type yet lacks tymbal organs.
Geographical range. New Guinea, Sulawesi, Borneo.
Habitat preference. The species has been recorded from a range of forest
types, including heath and secondary forest, from the lowlands to 1790m.
Biology. The species has been reared from Solanum (Solanaceae) in New
Guinea (unpublished IIE records).
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