New data on the taxonomy, distribution and host plants of Australian Epermeniidae (Lepidoptera: Epermenioidea)
Author
Gaedike, Reinhard
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Zootaxa
2018
2018-11-20
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10.11646/zootaxa.4524.1.2
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Gnathifera aphronesa
(
Meyrick, 1897
)
(
Fig. 1
)
Epermenia aphronesa
Meyrick, 1897
: 431
;
Ochromolopis aphronesa
(
Meyrick, 1897
)
:
Gaedike 1968
: 603
, figs 4–6, 23a–23c;
Gnathifera aphronesa
(
Meyrick, 1897
)
:
Gaedike 1978
: 208
.
Material studied.
Australian Capital Territory
:
1 ♂
,
1 specimen
without abdomen,
3km
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
.
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.