Thomas Joseph Witt

Thomas Joseph Witt (T.J. Witt) (1949-2019) Entomologist, Germany

Taxon names authored

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• 219 taxon names authored by Thomas Joseph Witt

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1972

• Witt, T.J. 1972. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Gattung Anaea Hübner (1819)(Lep. Nymphalidae). Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft 62: 163–183. full article (Zobodat). Reference page. 

1974

• Daniel & Witt 1974. Beiträge zur Lepidopterenfauna Marokkos Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen 26: 1 - 15. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

1979

• Witt, T.J. 1979. Lemonia pia friedeli n.ssp. (Lepidoptera, Lemoniidae). Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen 31(1–2): 17–20. full article (Zobodat). Reference page. 

1980

• Witt, T.J. 1980. Description of a new species and new subspecies of the genus Anaea HÜBNER, 1819, from the Yucatán peninsula, with notes on other species (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Charaxinae). Entomofauna 1(18): 366-383. Full article zobodat. Reference page. 

1981

• Witt, T.J., 1981: Rhegmatophila aussemi sp. n. (Lepidoptera, Notodontidae). Entomofauna 2(7): 81-92. Full articleReference page. 
• Witt, T.J. 1981a. Neue Funde von Phragmacossia albida (ERSCHOFF, 1874) und Hepialus adriaticus OSTHELDER, 1931 (Lepidoptera, Cossidae, Hepialidae). Entomofauna 2(11): 133-149. Full article zobodat. Reference page. 
• Witt, T.J., 1981b. Trichiura verenae sp.n. (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae). Entomofauna 2(23): 263-284. full article (zobodat). Reference page. 

1982

• Witt, T.J. 1982: Eine neue Unterart von Axia theresiae (Korb, 1899) aus der Türkei und Bemerkungen zum Typenverbleib der von Dr. Werner Marten aufgestellten Taxa der Gattung. Axia Hübner, [1821] 1816 (Lepidoptera, Axiidae). Entomofauna 3(11): 145-158. Full article (zobodat). Reference page. 
• Witt, T.J. 1982. Neue Funde von Dendrolimus benderi de Lajonquière, 1975 (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae). Entomofauna 3(3): 27–30. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

1983

• Freina de, J.J. & Witt, T.J. 1983. Zwei neue Lycaenidae-Arten aus Türkisch Kurdistan: Lysandra dezina sp.n. und Polyommatus ciloicus sp.n. (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Entomofauna 4(14): 181–197. PDF. Reference page. 
• Witt, T.J. & Freina, de J., 1983: Taxonomische Veränderungen bei den Bombyces und Sphinges Europas und Nordwestafrikas. Stoermeriana gen. nov., eine neue Gattung der der Familie Lasiocampidae (Lep.). Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 73: 15- 22. Full article: [1].

1984

• Freina de, J.J. & Witt, T.J. 1984. Taxonomische Veranderungen bei den Bombyces und Sphinges Europas und Nordwestafrikas (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea: Arctiidae 6). Nota lepidopterologica (n.f.) 7(4): 330–336. Full article BHL. Reference page. 
• Freina de, J.J. & Witt, T.J. 1984a. Taxonomische Veränderungen bei den Bombyces und Sphinges Europas und Nordwestafrikas. Revision des Macrothylacia rubi-digramma-Komplexes (Lepidoptera:, Lasiocampidae V). Nota lepidopterologica (n.f.) 7(1): 27–38. Full article (BHL). Reference page. 

1985

• Freina de, J.J. & Witt, T.J. 1985: Arctia weigerti sp. n., eine neue Bärenspinnerart aus dem Karakorum (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Nota lepidopterologica (n.f.), 8(1): 21–24. BHL Reference page. 
• Freina de, J.J. & Witt, T.J. 1985: Taxonomische Veränderungen bei den Bombyces und Sphinges Europas und Nordwestafrikas. Helianthocampa gen. nov.; Traumatocampa galaica (Palanca Soler et al. 1982) comb. nov. et. syn. nov. (Lepidoptera, Thaumetopoeidae, Thaumetopoeinae). Nota lepidopterologica (n.f.), 8(2): 175–183. Reference page. 

1990

• Freina de, J.J. & Witt, T.J. 1990: Zur Systematik des paneremisch verbreiteten Dyspessa foeda-vaulogeri-Komplexes mit Beschreibung einer neuen Unterart aus Südostspanien (Lep. Cossidae). Nachrichtenblatt der Bayerischen Entomologen 39: 20–25. full article (pdf).Reference page. 

1994

• Freina de, J.J. & Witt, T.J. 1994: Zur Kenntnis der Gattung Lithosarctia Daniel, 1954 mit Beschreibung zweier neuer Taxa (Lepidoptera, Arctüdae). Atalanta 25(3-4): 535-542. full article (PDF).Reference page. 

1997

• Zolotuhin, V.V. & Treadaway, C.G. & Witt, T.J. 1997. The Lasiocampidae (Lepidoptera) of the Philippines. Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo Suppl. 17: 133–222. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2000

• Zolotuhin, V.V. & Witt, T.J. 2000. The Camptolominae of Vietnam and adjacent territories (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). Entomofauna Supplement 11: 1-12. Full article (PDF).Reference page. 
• Zolotuhin, V.V. & Witt, T.J. 2000. The Mirinidae of Vietnam. Entomofauna Supplement 11: 13–24. PDF. Reference page. 
• Zolotuhin, V.V. & Witt, T.J. 2000. The Lasiocampidae of Vietnam. Entomofauna Supplement 11: 25–104. PDF. Reference page. 

2005

• Eitschberger, U., Kravchenko, V., Li, C.A., Speidel, W., Witt, T. & Müller, G.C. 2005: Zwei neue Hemaris Dalman, 1816-Arten (Subgenus Mandarína Eitschberger, Danner & Surholt, 1998) aus dem Nahen Osten (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). Atalanta, 36(1-2): 199–208. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• László, G.M., Ronkay, G. & Witt, T.J. 2005. New and poorly known species of Nolidae from SE Asia. Investigations on Asian Nolidae II. (Lepidoptera, Nolidae). Entomofauna 26(11): 205–224. PDF. Reference page. 
• Witt, T.J., Müller, G.C., Kravchenko, V.D., Miller, M.A., Hausmann, A. & Speidel, W. 2005. A new Olepa from Israel (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Nachrichtenblatt der Bayerischen Entomologen 54(3/4): 101–115. Full article (PDF).. Reference page. 
• Zolotuhin, V.V. & Witt, T.J. 2005. Contribution to the knowledge of Indonesian Lasiocampidae (Lepidoptera). Tinea 19 (1): 59–68. Full issue (PDF). Reference page. 

2006

• Müller. G., Laszlo, G.M., Ronkay, G., Ronkay, L., Speidel, W., Kravchenko, V.D., Mooser, J. & Witt, T.J. 2006. The Drepanoidea of Israel: Distribution, Phenology and Ecology (Lepidoptera: Thyatiridae and Drepanidae), with description of a new species. Entomofauna 27(4): 57–76. Reference page. 
• Witt, T.J. & Speidel, W., 2006: Eine neue Calpenia art aus China (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Entomofauna 27(2): 37-44. full article zobodat (PDF). Reference page. 
• Witt, T.J., 2006: Eine neue Dalailama Staudinger, 1896 art (Lepidoptera, Bombycidae) aus China. Entomofauna 27(3): 45-56. Full article.Reference page. 

2007

• Ignatyev, N.N. & Witt, T.J. 2007. A review of Eilema Hübner, 1819 of Russia and adjacent territories. Part 1. The Eilema griseola (Hübner, 1803) species group (Arctiidae: Lithosiinae). Nota Lepidopterologica 30(1): 25–43. BHL Reference page. 
• László, G.M.; Ronkay, G., Witt, T.J. 2007: New taxa in the Meganola scripta (Moore, 1888) species group and in the genus Dialithoptera Hampson, 1900 Investigations on Asian Nolidae IV (Lepidoptera, Nolidae). Entomofauna 28(2): 17–32. Full article Reference page. 
• László, G.M.; Ronkay, G., Witt, T.J. 2007a: New species of the Meganola nitida (Hampson, 1894) species-group (Lepidoptera, Nolidae) Investigations on Asian Nolidae V. Entomofauna 28(14): 157–172. Full article Reference page. 
• László, G.M., Ronkay, G., Ronkay, L.A. & Witt, T.J. 2007. The Thyatiridae of Eurasia including the Sundaland and New Guinea (Lepidoptera). Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie 13: 1–683. Abstract (PDF). Reference page. 
• Witt, T.J. & Pugaev, S.N. 2007: Salassa belinda sp. n. - a new Nepalese Saturniidae species from the lola WESTWOOD, 1847- group (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae). Entomofauna M1: 1-11. full article zobodat (PDF). Reference page. 
• Witt, T.J. ; Yakovlev, R.V., 2007: Dyspessa aphrodite sp. n. from Greece (Cossidae). Nota Lepidopterologica 30 (2): 411—414. Full article: [2].

2008

• Kravchenko, V.D., Speidel, W., Witt, T.J., Mooser, J., Seplyarsky, V.N., Saldaitis, A., Junila, A. & Müller, G.C. 2008. A New Species of Catocala from Israel (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). Acta Zoologica Lituanica 18(2): 127-129. DOI: 10.2478/v10043-008-0017-9. Reference page. 

2009

• Nässig, W., Ignatyev, N.N. & Witt, T.J. 2009. Two new species of the genus Ganisa Walker, 1855 from Sulawesi and Flores, Indonesia (Lepidoptera: Eupterotidae). Entomofauna 30: 453–464. Online Reference page. 
• Solovyev, A.V. & Witt, T.J. 2009. The Limacodidae of Vietnam (Lepidoptera). Entomofauna Supplement 16: 33–230. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Yakovlev, R.V. & Witt, T.J. 2009. The Carpenter Moths (Lepidoptera, Cossidae) of Vietnam. Entomofauna Supplement 16: 11-32. full article (pdf).Reference page. 

2010

• László, G.M., Ronkay, G., Witt, T.J. 2010. Contribution to the Nolinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) fauna of North Thailand. Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie 15: 7–126. Abstract. Reference page. 
• Witt, T.J. & Solovyev, A.V. 2010. A new species of Tanvia Solovyev & Witt, 2009 from Thailand (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae). Entomologische Zeitschrift Stuttgart. 120(6): 257-258. Reference page. 

2011

• Solovyev, A.V. & Witt, T.J. 2011. Two new species of Pseudiragoides Solovyev & Witt, 2009 from China (Lepidoptera, Limacodidae). Entomologische Zeitschrift Stuttgart. 121(1): 36-38. Reference page. 
• Witt, T.J. & Ronkay, L. (Eds.) 2011. Noctuidae Europaeae. Volume 13. Lymantriinae and Arctiinae, including phylogeny and check list of the quadrifid Noctuoidea of Europe. Entomological Press, Sorø, 448 pp. ISBN 978-87-89430-18-8. Reference page. 

2012

• Saldaitis, A., Ivinskis, P., Witt, T. & Pekarsky, O. 2012: Review of the Eospilarctia yuennanica group (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) from the Indo – Himalayan region, with description of two new species and one subspecies. ZooKeys 204: 57–70. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.204.3056 . Reference page. 

2014

• Greifenstein, T., Thöny, H., Witt, T.J. & Speidel, W. 2014: Eine Neue Art der Gattung Brachyglene Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 aus Brasilien (Lepidoptera, Notodontidae). 17. Beitrag zur Heteroceren-Fauna Brasiliens Entomofauna 35(25): 541–5552. full article (pdf).Reference page. 
• Hofmann, A., Tarmann, G.M. & Witt, T.J. 2014: Erinnerungen an KARL-HEINZ WIEGEL (8.2.1918 – 4.7.2003). Nota lepidopterologica 63(3-4): 74–89. full article zobodat (PDF). Reference page. 
• Schintlmeister, A. & Witt, T.J., 2014: Nephodonta cognata sp. n., eine übersehene Notodontide aus Taiwan (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae). Entomofauna 35(23): 525-532. full article (pdf).Reference page. 
• Schintlmeister, A. & Witt, T.J., 2014a: Eine neue Lymantride aus Sulawesi, Belinda zoe gen. n. et sp. n. (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae). Entomofauna 35(24): 533-540. full article (pdf).Reference page. 

2015

• Schintlmeister, A. & Witt, T.J. 2015. The Notodontidae of South Africa including Swaziland and Lesotho (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae). Museum Witt Munich & Nature Research Center Vilnius. Hardcover 288 pp. ISBN 978-3- 940732-19-4 DOI: 10.1163/22119434-15802001. Reference page. 
• Speidel, W., Hausmann, A., Müller, G.C., Kravchenko, V.D., Mooser, J., Witt, T.J., Khallaayoune, K., Prosser, S.W.J. & Hebert, P.D.N. 2015. Taxonomy 2.0: Sequencing of old type specimens supports the description of two new species of the Lasiocampa decolorata group from Morocco (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae). Zootaxa 3999(3): 401–412. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3999.3.5. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Yakovlev, R.V., Pljustch, I.G., Skrylnik, Y., Pak, O.V. & Witt, T.J. 2015. The Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of Afghanistan with description of three new species and special notes on the fauna of Bande-Amir National Park. Zootaxa 3990(1): 41–72. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3990.1.3. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Yakovlev, R.V., Poltavsky, A.N., Ilyina, E.V., Shchurov, V.I. & Witt, T. 2015b. Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of the Russian Caucasus with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 4044(2): 270–278. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4044.2.5. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Yakovlev, R.V. & Witt, T.J. 2015. Orientozeuzera martinii sp. nov., a new species of Carpenter-Moths (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) from Borneo. Zootaxa 3990(1): 138–140. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3990.1.8. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Yakovlev, R.V. & Witt, T.J. 2015a. Meharia ganslmeieri sp. nov.—a new Cossidae species from Zambia (Lepidoptera). Zootaxa 4032(3): 319–321. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4032.3.7. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 

2016

• Dubatolov, V.V., Zolotuhin, V.V. & Witt, T.J. 2016. Revision of Lithosia Fabricius, 1798 and Conilepia Hampson, 1900 (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae). Zootaxa 4107(2): 175–196. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4107.2.3 Reference page. 
• Penco, F.C., Yakovlev, R.V. & Witt, T.J. 2016. Taxonomic notes on the genera Brypoctia Schoorl, 1990 and Schreiteriana Fletcher & Nye, 1982 (Lepidoptera, Cossidae). Zootaxa 4205(3): 297–300. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4205.3.10. Reference page. 
• Sulak, H., Naumann, S. & Witt, T.J. 2016: A new species of the genus Ceridia Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae, Smerinthini) from Ethiopia. Entomofauna 37(7): 137-148. full article (pdf).Reference page. 
• Yakovlev, R.V. & Witt, T.J. 2016. A world catalogue of Phragmataecia (Lepidoptera: Cossidae), with a new species from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. Zootaxa 4085(4): 589–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4085.4.8.Reference page. 
• Yakovlev, R.V. & Witt, T.J. 2016a. Azygophleps brehmi Yakovlev et Witt, sp.n. — a new Carpenter-Moth (Lepidoptera, Cossidae) from Ethiopia. Russian Entomological Journal 25(1): 71-73. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Yakovlev, R.V. & Witt, T.J. 2016b. A world catalogue of Aholcocerus Yakovlev, 2006 (Lepidoptera, Cossidae) with description of a new species from Indonesia. Zootaxa 4205(1): 93–96. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4205.1.10. Reference page. 
• Yakovlev, R.V. & Witt, T.J. 2016c. Politzariella fontainei–new Cossidae (Lepidoptera)species from Congo. Biological Bulletin of Bogdan Chmelnitskiy Melitopol State Pedagogical University 6(3): 154-156. Reference page. 

2017

• Brechlin, R. & Witt, T.J. 2017. Automeris maximae n. sp., eine neue Saturniide (Lepidoptera) aus Kolumbien. Entomo-satsphingia 10(1): 18–21 Reference page. 
• Yakovlev, R.V. & Witt, T.J. 2017. Three new species and one new subspecies of Deserticossus Yakovlev, 2006 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia, with world catalogue of the genus. Zootaxa 4269(3): 379–395. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.3.3. Reference page. 
• Yakovlev, R.V. & Witt, T.J. 2017a. Eight new species of genus Camellocossus Yakovlev, 2011 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) from North and East Africas. Russian Entomological Journal 26(2): 151-159. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Yakovlev, R.V. & Witt, T.J. 2017b. Four new species of Azygophleps Hampson, 1892 (Lepidoptera, Cossidae, Zeuzerinae) from Africa. Zootaxa 4303(3): 437–444. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4303.3.9. Reference page. 
• Yakovlev, R.V. & Witt, T.J. 2017. World catalogue of the genus Cossulus Staudinger, 1887 (Lepidoptera, Cossidae) with description of Cossulus irtlachi sp. nov. from Kyrgyzstan. Zootaxa 4311(1): 62–80. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4311.1.4. Reference page. 
• Brechlin, R. & Witt, Thomas (2017): Automeris maximae n. sp., a new saturniid (Lepidoptera) from Colombia. Entomo-Satsphingia 10 (1): 18–21.

2018

• Freina de, J.J. & Witt, T.J. 2018: Description of three newly discovered Amata Fabricius, 1807 species of Kalimatan, Borneo, Indonesia (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae, Syntomini). Entomofauna 39(2): 863-880. full article (zobodat). Reference page. 
• Grehan, J.R., Witt, T.J. & Ignatev, N. 2018. New Species of Aenetus from Sumatra, Indonesia (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) and a 5,000 km biogeographic disjunction. Entomofauna 39(2): 849–862. PDF. Reference page. 
• Poltavsky, A.N., Kravchenko, V., Traore, M.M., Traore, S.F., Gergely, P., Witt, T.J., Sulak, H., Beck, R.H-T., Junnila, A., Revay, E.E., Doumbia, S., Beier, J.C. & Müller, G.C. 2018. The Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) fauna of the woody savannah belt in Mali, West Africa. Zootaxa 4457(1): 39–69. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4457.1.2 Reference page. 
• Speidel, W., Hausmann, A. & Witt, T.J. 2018: Revision of the erythrophleps species-group of the genus Eospilarctia Kôda, 1988 (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae). Entomofauna 39(2): 817-835. full article (zobodat). Reference page. 
• Yakovlev, R.V. & Witt, T.J. 2018. Redescription and Catalogue of little known Genus Pseudozeuzera Schoorl, 1990 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae). Russian Entomological Journal 27(3): 289–292. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2019

• Naydenov, A.E., Yakovlev, R.V., Penco, F.C. & Witt, T.J. 2019. A new genus and species of the subfamily Zeuzerinae Boisduval, [1828] (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) from Brazil. Russian Entomological Journal 28(1): 82-83. full article PDF. Reference page. 
• Penco, F.C., Yakovlev, R.V., Naydenov, A.E. & Witt, T.J. 2019. Two new species of the genus Givarbela Clench, 1957 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae: Hypoptinae) from South Neotropics. Zootaxa 4577(3): 596–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4577.3.13 Reference page. 
• Yakovlev, R.V., László, G.M. & Witt, T.J. 2019. First summary of Cossidae of Sierra Leone (West Africa) (Lepidoptera: Cossidae). SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología 47(187), 557-565. Reference page. 
• Yakovlev, R.V., Penco, F.C. & Witt 2019. Review of the Genus Brypoctia Schoorl, 1990 (Lepidoptera, Cossidae) with Descriptions of Five New Species from Central and South America. Entomological Review 99(3): 407-415. [Original Russian Text in Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 2019, 98(1): 28–36] DOI: 10.1134/S0013873819030138 . Abstract.Reference page. 
• Yakovlev, R.V., Sinev, S.Y., Naydenov, A.E., Penco, F.C. & Witt, T.J., 2019. Redescription of the genus Allocryptobia Viette, 1951 (Lepidoptera: Cossidae). SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología 47(186): 261-268. Reference page. 
• Yakovlev, R.V., Sulak, H. & Witt, T.J. 2019. Preliminary list of Cossidae sensu str. (Lepidoptera, Cossoidea: Cossidae: Cossinae & Zeuzerinae) of the Republic of Angola with description of a new Strigocossus species. Zootaxa 4586(3): 445–460. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4586.3.3. Reference page.