Bireta Walker, 1865 species

Saldaitis, Aidas, Ivinskis, Povilas & Rimsaite, Jolanta, 2011, Bireta morozovi, a new species (Lepidoptera, Notodontidae) from China, Zootaxa 2831 (1), pp. 57-62 : 61-62

Checklist of Bireta Walker, 1865 species

(After Schintmeister, 2008; Kobayashi & Kishida, 2004; Kobayashi, Kishida & Min, 2008).

longivitta longivitta Walker, 1856 TL : NW India

= xanthophila Walker, 1856 TL : NW India longivitta flaveo Schintlmeister, 2007 TL: N Vietnam ihlei Schintlmeister, 2007 TL : Thailand swetlanae Schintlmeister, 2007 TL : N Myanmar elutus Schintlmeister, 2007 TL : N Thailand fortis ( Kobayashi & Kishida, 2008) TL : China, Guangdong juncturina (Kiriakoff, 1959) TL: Burma ferrifera Walker, 1856 TL: NE India

= junctura Moore, 1879 TL: NE India

= adjutrea Schaus, 1928 TL: India lucida Schintlmeister, 2008 TL: SE Myanmar symmetricus ( Schintlmeister, 1997) TL : N Vietnam opis Schintlmeister, 2008 TL: SE China plumosa Leech, 1889 TL : Japan argenteodivisa Kiriakoff, 1962 TL: China, N Yunnan aristion ( Schintlmeister, 1997) TL : N Vietnam astrae ( Schintlmeister & Fang, 2001) TL : China, Shaanxi morozovi Saldaitis & Ivinskis sp. n. TL: China, Sichuan ortharga (Wu & Fang, 2003) TL : China, Yunnan argentea ( Schintlmeister, 1997) TL : N Vietnam argentea dulcinea Schintlmeister, 2008 TL: China,S Shaanxi straminea (Moore, 1877) TL : Japan

= southerlandi Holland, 1889 TL: Japan

= straminea harakiri Bryk, 1942 TL: Kuril Isl.

formosana (Nakamura, 1973) TL : Formosa triangularis Kiriakoff, 1962 TL: China, Chekiang

= ereptor Schintlmeister, 1989 TL: China, Fukien rapinae Schintlmeister, 2008 TL: China, Hainan sicarius Schintlmeister, 2008 TL: China, NW Yunnan parricidae Schintlmeister, 2008 TL: China, NW Yunnan furax Schintlmeister, 2008 TL: N Vietnam furax hainana Schintlmeister, 2008 TL: China, Hainan subdita (Wang & Kobayashi, 2004) TL: China, Guangdong extortor Schintlmeister, 2008 TL: China, S Shaanxi theodosius ( Schintlmeister, 1997) TL : N Vietnam theodosius felicitas Schintlmeister, 2008 TL: China, S Shaanxi dorsisuffusa Kiriakoff, 1962 TL : China, Chekiang beta (Schintlmeister, 1989) TL: China, Chekiang gemina Kishida & Kobayashi, 2004 TL: Taiwan sinensis Kiriakoff, 1962 TL: China, Tapaishan im Tsinling belosa (Wu & Fang, 2003), TL: China, Yunnan

The authors are grateful to P. Morozov (Moscow, Russia) for his assistance in preparing this publication, Mr. Tomas Zubacikas (Vilnius, Lithuania) for imago pictures, Janos Babics (Budapest, Hungary), Mr. Balázs Benedek (Törökbálint, Hungary) for genitalia preparations, pictures and very useful suggestions on genitalia comparison and especially to Robert Borth (Milwaukee, United States) for grammar suggestions. Several anonymous reviewers provided helpful comments on the manuscript.