Gnathifera aphronesa (Meyrick 1897)
- Dataset
- New data on the taxonomy, distribution and host plants of Australian Epermeniidae (Lepidoptera: Epermenioidea)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Epermeniidae
- genus
- Gnathifera
- species
- Gnathifera aphronesa
description
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distribution
Distribution. Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia (first record), Victoria, Tasmania (Gaedike, 1968). Bionomics. The early stages and host plants are unknown.
materials_examined
Material studied. Australian Capital Territory: 1 ♂, 1 specimen without abdomen, 3 km NE of Picadilly Circus, 1000 m, 14. x. 1971, leg. I. F. B. Common & E. D. Edwards, ANIC. New South Wales: 2 ♀, CSIRO Exp. Fm. Wilton, 10. ix. 1970, 12. ix. 1974, leg. V. J. Robinson, ANIC. South Australia: 2 ♀, 35 ° 00 ' S, 138 ° 38 ' E, Belair Nat. Pk., 6. v. 1999, leg. L. Kaila, ANIC. 1 specimen without abdomen, Mt. Lofty Rgs, collection date unreadable, leg. J. O. Wilson, ANIC. Tasmania: 2 ♀, Port Arthur, 17. ix. 1979, leg. P. B. McQuillan, ANIC, SDEI.
Name
- Homonyms
- Gnathifera aphronesa (Meyrick 1897)