New data on the taxonomy, distribution and host plants of Australian Epermeniidae (Lepidoptera: Epermenioidea) Author Gaedike, Reinhard text Zootaxa 2018 2018-11-20 4524 1 33 50 journal article 27938 10.11646/zootaxa.4524.1.2 fd2d8509-cd69-426e-907a-edadf413c786 1175-5326 2610302 7E6F14B8-183D-4DBC-904A-017BCDBD6EAD Gnathifera eurybias ( Meyrick, 1897 ) ( Fig. 3 ) Epermenia eurybias Meyrick, 1897 : 429 ; Ochromolopis eurybias ( Meyrick, 1897 ) : Gaedike 1968 : 607 , figs 10–12, 28a–28c; Gnathifera eurybias ( Meyrick, 1897 ) : Gaedike 1978 : 208 . Material studied. Australian Capital Territory : 2 ♂ , 2 ♀ , Black Mts, 27.viii.1949 , 2.viii.1969 , 5.x.1970 , 24.x.1979 , leg. I. F. B. Common, ANIC, SDEI, 2 ♀ , 3km NE of Picadilly Circus, 1000m , 14.x. , 24.xi.1971 , leg. I. F. B. Common & E. D. Edwards, ANIC, New South Wales : 1 ♀ , Putty, 1.ix.1973 , leg. I. F. B. Common; ANIC; 1 ♂ , 2 ♀ , Barren Grounds Fauna Res., 11.x.1971 ; 30.i.1973 ; 22.xi.1974 , leg. V. J. Robinson; ANIC; 1 ♂ , Mt. Keira, 22.xi.1977 , leg. V. J. Robinson; ANIC; 2 ♂ , Minnamurra Falls, 2.v.1972 , 29.iv.1973 , leg. V. J. Robinson; ANIC; SDEI; 1 ♂ , 2 ♀ , 1 specimen without abdomen, 30°17'S , 150°120'S, Dawson Spring, Kaputar Nat. Park, 1362m , 14.ii.1980 , leg. I. F. B. Common; ANIC; SDEI; 1 ♂ , Wollongong, 19.xii.1976 , leg. V. J. Robinson; 3 ♂ , 7 ♀ , CSIRO Exp. Fm., Wilton, 22.x.1972 ; 1. , 15. , 22.xii.1973 ; 22. , 23.xii.1975 , host: Exocarpos [ nec: Exocarpus ], 9.ii.1976 ; 5.iii.1979 ; leg. V. J. Robinson; ANIC; SDEI; 1 ♀ , Como West, 6.xi.1970 , leg. L. Willan & V. J. Robinson; ANIC. Queensland : 1 ♀ , 37°33'S , 151°59'E , Prince Henry Heights, 620m , Toowoomba, 26.i.1983 , leg. I. F. B. Common; ANIC; 1 ♂ , Toowoomba, 12.i.1967 , leg. I. F. B. Common; ANIC. South Australia : 1 ♂ , 4 ♀ , Willunga Hill, emerged ex Exocarpos cupressiform e, [nec: Exocarpus cupressiformis ] 2. , 3. , 8. , 29.vii.1967 , leg. J. O. Wilson; ANIC; SDEI; 1 ♂ , Blackwood, 28.iii.1935 , leg. J. O. Wilson; ANIC. Tasmania : 1 ♂ , 1 ♀ , Burnie, NW Tasmania , 31.i.1978 , leg. P. B. McQuillan; ANIC; 1 ♀ , Claremont, 27.x.1977 , leg. P. B. McQuillan; ANIC; 2 ♂ , 1 ♀ , Mt. Nelson, 200m , 14. , 20.i. , February 1981 , leg. P. B. McQuillan; ANIC; SDEI. Victoria : 1 ♀ , E of Melbourne, Gembrook Gilwell Park, S37°26', E145°39', 10.iii.2013 , leg. A. Kallies; P. Marriott; M. Hewish & T. Simmons; SDEI; 1 ♀ , Alpine NP, Cobberas area, 38°89,5'S, 148°09'E , 6.-7.i.2010 , leg. A. Kallies; coll. Kallies. Distribution. Australian Capital Territory , New South Wales , Queensland (first record), Tasmania ( Gaedike, 1972 ), South Australia , Victoria ( Gaedike, 1968 ). Bionomics. New host plant Exocarpos cupressiforme Labill.