2. Diagnosis
2.1. Original description
1-3: Donovan (1805: unpaginated text, pl. 34 fig. 3) [from copyright-free scans at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]
3. Further information
3.1. Other combinations
- Bombyx curvata Donovan, 1805 [original combination]
- Ardices curvata (Donovan, 1805) [other combination according to funet.fi]
3.2. Synonyms
- Chelonia fuscinula Doubleday, 1845 [synonym according to funet.fi]
- Arctia vittata Möschler, 1872 [synonym according to funet.fi]
- Phaos vigens Butler, 1878 [synonym according to funet.fi]
- Phaos notatum Butler, 1878 [synonym according to funet.fi]
- Phaos nigriceps Butler, 1878 [synonym according to funet.fi]
- Phaos nexum Butler, 1878 [synonym according to funet.fi]
- Phaos lacteatum Butler, 1878 [synonym according to funet.fi]
- Spilosoma brisbanensis Lucas, 1890 [synonym according to funet.fi]
- Spilosoma quinquefascia Lucas, 1890 [synonym according to funet.fi]
3.3. Literature
- Original description: Donovan, E. (1805): An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of New Holland, New Zealand, New Guinea, Otaheite, and other Islands in the Indian, Southern, and Pacific Oceans: Including the Figures and Descriptions of One Hundred and Fifty-Three Species of the more Splendid, Beautiful, and Interesting Insects, Hitherto Discovered in those Countries, and which for the most Part have not Appeared in the Works of any Preceding Author. The Figures are Correctly Delineated from Specimens of the Insects; and with the Descriptions are Arranged According to the Linnæan System, with Reference to the Writings of Fabricius and other Entomologists: I-IV; pl. [1]-[41]; unpaginated text pages. London.