Superfamily ALUCITOIDEA
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Names and Introductions taken from Nielsen et al. (1996).
Introduction
This group has not been updated since Nielsen et al. (1996) and referencing is very incomplete. We hope to be able to rectify this before too long (ABRS, March 2009).
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Family ALUCITIDAE
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Names and Introductions taken from Nielsen et al. (1996). - Michael Shaffer & Ebbe S. Nielsen
- Orneodidae.
Introduction
[After Shaffer & Nielsen 1996]
Alucitidae were first reported from Australia by Meyrick (1886b) with his species Alucita phricodes, followed by 2 more species in 1890. Turner (1911, 1923b) added 3 more Australian species in 1890. Turner (1911, 1923b) added 3 more Australian species. The world fauna of the family consists of 200-300 described species. Further study of the Australian fauna will most likely reveal others awaiting description.
The family was defined as the Orneodidae by Herrich-Schäffer in 1843 for the genus Orneodes Latreille, 1796, type species Phalaena hexadactyla Linnaeus, 1758. However, hexadactyla Linnaeus was fixed by the ICZN in 1957 as the type species for the genus Alucita Linnaeus, 1758, a genus previously associated with the Pterophoridae. Leach (1814-1817) had originally described Alucitidae for the genus Alucita, so the usage of Alucitidae has taken precedence over Orneodidae.
Common (1990) gives the following foodplant records Australian species: Alucita phricodes on flower buds and flowers of Pandorea jasminoides and P. pandorana; A. pygaea on fruits of Canthium oleifolium.
The family exhibits a uniform appearance of split wings, each wing partitioned into 6 parts, and they are therefore commonly known as many-plumed moths. In some species from other faunal areas the splits affect only the terminal margins rather than most of the wing surface.
General References
Common, I.F.B. 1990. Moths of Australia. Carlton : Melbourne University Press vi+535 pp., 32 pls.
Meyrick, E. 1886. On the classification of the Pterophoridae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1886: 1-21
Shaffer, M. & Nielsen, E.S. 1996. Alucitoidea. pp. 154-155 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM.
Turner, A.J. 1911. Studies in Australian Lepidoptera. Annals of the Queensland Museum 10: 59-135
Turner, A.J. 1923. New Australian Microlepidoptera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 36: 51-81
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Genus Alucita Linnaeus, 1758
Type species:
Phalaena hexadactyla Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see ICZN 1957. Opinion 450. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 15: 251-328 [254].Type species:
Phalaena hexadactyla Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent monotypy ( , 1758).- Euchiradia Hübner, J. 1825. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmetterlinge [sic]. Augsburg (1816–[1825]) 431 pp. [431].
Type species:
Phalaena hexadactyla Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Tutt, J.W. 1906. Natural History of British Butterflies. London : Elliot Stock Vol. 5. [94]. Type species:
Phalaena hexadactyla Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Leraut, P. 1980. Liste systématique et synonymique des Lépidoptères de France, Belgique at Corse. Supplemént à Alexanor et au Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France. 334 pp. [209, 233].
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Species Alucita acascaea (Turner, 1913)
- Orneodes acascaea Turner, A.J. 1913. Studies in Australian Microlepidoptera. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 38: 174-228 [Date published 17 Sept. 1913].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♀, Cardwell, Queensland.
Generic Combinations
- Alucita acascaea (Turner, 1913).
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Species Alucita agapeta (Turner, 1913)
- Orneodes agapeta Turner, A.J. 1913. Studies in Australian Lepidoptera, Pyralidae. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 24: 111-163 [161].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂, Port Darwin.
Generic Combinations
- Alucita agapeta (Turner, 1913).
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Species Alucita phricodes Meyrick, 1886
- Alucita phricodes Meyrick, E. 1886. On the classification of the Pterophoridae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1886: 1-21 [20].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH ♂, Duaringa, Queensland.
Ecological Descriptors
Herbivore (associated flora: Pandorea jasminoides (G.Don) K.Schum. [BIGNONIACEAE] Jasmine Leaved Wonga Vine; Pandorea pandorana (Andrews) Steenis [BIGNONIACEAE] Wonga Vine).
Extra Ecological Information
On flowers and buds
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Species Alucita pygmaea Meyrick, 1890
- Alucita pygmaea Meyrick, E. 1890. Descriptions of Additional Australian Pyralidina. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 4(4): 1105-1116 [1112].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH ♀, Duaringa, Queensland.
Ecological Descriptors
Herbivore (associated flora: Psydrax oleifolia Hook.) S.T.Reynolds & R.J.F.Hend. [RUBIACEAE] (as Canthium oleifolium)).
Extra Ecological Information
On fruits
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Species Alucita xanthodes Meyrick, 1890
- Alucita xanthodes Meyrick, E. 1890. Descriptions of Additional Australian Pyralidina. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 4(4): 1105-1116 [1112].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♀, Duaringa, Queensland.
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- Orneodes xanthosticta Turner, A.J. 1923. New Australian Microlepidoptera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 36: 51-81 [58].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂, Rosewood, Queensland.
Generic Combinations
- Alucita xanthosticta (Turner, 1923).
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Family TINEODIDAE
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Names and Introductions taken from Nielsen et al. (1996). - Michael Shaffer & Ebbe S. Nielsen
- Oxychirotidae.
Introduction
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Tineodidae were first known from Australia from the species Tineodes adactylalsis Guenée, 1854. In the 19th century, 4 more species were added, and a further 8 species in teh 20th century. About 10 described species are known from elsewhere in the world and several undescribed species are recognised from Australia.
The family was originally described by Meyrick in 1885 for the genus Tineodes. The family Oxychirotidae, also described by Meyrick in 1885 for his genus Oxychirota and later mistakenly transferred to the Gracillariidae, is now regarded as being synonymous with Tineodidae. Common (1990) gives a detailed history of the family and a further analysis is found in Minet (1991).
Common (1990) gives the following foodplant records for Australian species: Palaeodes samealis on leaves of Jasminum volubile; Euthrausta oxyprora on leaves of Glochidion ferdinandi; Cenoloba obliteralis in the developing cotyledons of seeds of Avicennia marina.
The family exhibits a variety of wing forms, from the narrow-winged Oxychirota to split-winged Cenoloba showing a similarity to Pterophoridae, and solid-winged genera such as Anomima, Palaeodes, Epharpastis, Euthesaura, Tineodes, Euthrausta and Tanycnema. The misleading appearance of this latter group led Hampson in 1899 to place Tineodes in the Pyralidae, Agroterinae (= Pyraustinae). Further research is needed on the taxonomy of this group. In particular, the genus Tanycnema, known at present from one described and one undescribed species, bears a strong superficial resemblance to Agdistopis Hampson (Macropiratidae), the sister-group of the Pterophoridae.
General References
Common, I.F.B. 1990. Moths of Australia. Carlton : Melbourne University Press vi+535 pp., 32 pls.
Minet, J. 1991. Tentative reconstruction of the ditrysian phylogeny (Lepidoptera: Glossata). Entomologica Scandinavica 22: 69-95
Shaffer, M. & Nielsen, E.S. 1996. Alucitoidea. pp. 154-155 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM.
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Genus Anomima Turner, 1922
- Anomima Turner, A.J. 1922. Studies in Australian Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 35(1): 26-62 [55].
Type species:
Anomima phaeochroa Turner, 1922 by monotypy.
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Species Anomima phaeochroa Turner, 1922
- Anomima phaeochroa Turner, A.J. 1922. Studies in Australian Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 35(1): 26-62 [56].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ANIC, Brisbane.
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- Cenoloba Walsingham, Lord 1885. Characters of two new Pterophoridae, from specimens in the British Museum. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 21: 175, 176 [176].
Type species:
Pterophorus obliteralis Walker, 1864 by original designation.
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- Pterophorus obliteralis Walker, F. 1864. Tineites. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 30: 836-1096 [incl. Index to parts 27-30] [945].
Generic Combinations
- Cenoloba obliteralis (Walker, 1864).
Ecological Descriptors
Herbivore (associated flora: Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh. [ACANTHACEAE] Grey Mangrove).
Extra Ecological Information
On developing cotyledons of seeds
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- Epharpastis Meyrick, E. 1887. On Pyralidina from Australia and the South Pacific. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1887: 185-268 [203].
Type species:
Epharpastis daedala Meyrick, 1887 by monotypy.
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- Epharpastis daedala Meyrick, E. 1887. On Pyralidina from Australia and the South Pacific. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1887: 185-268 [203].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH, Perth, Western Australia.
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Genus Euthesaura Turner, 1922
- Euthesaura Turner, A.J. 1922. Studies in Australian Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 35(1): 26-62 [55 (key), 57].
Type species:
Euthesaura glycina Turner, 1922 by original designation.
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- Euthesaura carbonaria Turner, A.J. 1922. Studies in Australian Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 35(1): 26-62 [58].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ANIC, National Park, Queensland.
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Species Euthesaura glycina Turner, 1922
- Euthesaura glycina Turner, A.J. 1922. Studies in Australian Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 35(1): 26-62 [57].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ANIC ♂, National Park, Queensland.
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Genus Euthrausta Turner, 1922
- Euthrausta Turner, A.J. 1922. Studies in Australian Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 35(1): 26-62 [55 (key), 59].
Type species:
Tineodes pxyprora Turner, 1908 by original designation.
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- Tineodes holophaea Turner, A.J. 1908. New Australian Lepidoptera of the families Noctuidae and Pyralidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 32: 55-109.
Type data:
Holotype ♂, Kuranda, Queensland.
Generic Combinations
- Euthrausta holophaea (Turner, 1908).
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- Tineodes oxyprora Turner, A.J. 1908. New Australian Lepidoptera of the families Noctuidae and Pyralidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 32: 55-109 [108].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ANIC, Kuranda and Brisbane, Queensland.
Generic Combinations
- Euthrausta oxyprora (Turner, 1908).
Ecological Descriptors
Herbivore (associated flora: Glochidion ferdinandi (Mull.Arg.) F.M.Bailey [EUPHORBIACEAE] Buttonwood).
Extra Ecological Information
On leaves
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- Tineodes phoenicea Turner, A.J. 1908. New Australian Lepidoptera of the families Noctuidae and Pyralidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 32: 55-109.
Type data:
Syntype(s) ANIC, Brisbane.
Generic Combinations
- Euthrausta phoenicea (Turner, 1908).
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Genus Oxychirota Meyrick, 1885
- Oxychirota Meyrick, E. 1885. On the classification of the Australian Pyralidina. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1885(4): 421-456 [438].
Type species:
Oxychirota paradoxa Meyrick, 1885 by monotypy.
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- Oxychirota paradoxa Meyrick, E. 1885. On the classification of the Australian Pyralidina. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1885(4): 421-456 [438].
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Genus Palaeodes Hampson, 1913
- Palaeodes Hampson, G.F. 1913. Descriptions of new species of Pyralidae of the subfamily Pyraustinae (continued). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 12: 1-38, 299-319 [318].
Type species:
Palaeodes samealis Hampson, 1913 by monotypy.
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Species Palaeodes samealis Hampson, 1913
- Palaeodes samealis Hampson, G.F. 1913. Descriptions of new species of Pyralidae of the subfamily Pyraustinae (continued). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 12: 1-38, 299-319 [318].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂, Queensland.
Ecological Descriptors
Herbivore (associated flora: Jasminum volubile Jacq. [OLEACEAE]).
Extra Ecological Information
On leaves
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Genus Tanycnema Turner, 1922
- Tanycnema Turner, A.J. 1922. Studies in Australian Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 35(1): 26-62 [55 (Key), 56].
Type species:
Tanycnema anomala Turner, 1922 by monotypy.
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Species Tanycnema anomala Turner, 1922
- Tanycnema anomala Turner, A.J. 1922. Studies in Australian Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 35(1): 26-62 [57].
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Genus Tineodes Guenée, 1854
- Tineodes Guenée, A. 1854. Deltoïdes et Pyralites. In, Boisduval, J.-A. & Guenée, A. (eds). Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptères. Paris : Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret Vol. 8 448 pp., 10 pls. [236].
Type species:
Tineodes adactylalis Guenée, 1854 by monotypy. - Carcantia Walker, F. 1859. Pyralides. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 17: 254-508 [407 (key, as Careantia), 424].
Type species:
Carcantia pterophoralis Walker, 1859 by monotypy. - Careantia Walker, 1859.
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- Carcantia pterophoralis Walker, F. 1859. Pyralides. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 17: 254-508 [425].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂, Australia.
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