Species Philenora aspectalella (Walker, 1864)

Philenora aspectalella (Walker, 1864), male

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Museums

Regional Maps

• Oecophora aspectalella Walker, F. 1864. Tineites. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 562-835 [679].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Moreton Bay (Queensland).
• Tinea oecophorella Walker, F. 1866. Supplement 5. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 35: 1534-2040 [incl. Summary and Index to parts 31-35] [1813].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Sydney.
• Oecophora aspectella Hampson, G.F. 1900. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Arctiadae (Nolinae, Lithosianae) in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 2 xx 589 pp. [509] [subsequent misspelling].
• Comarchis aspectatella Froggatt, W.W. 1907. Australian Insects. Sydney : W. Brooks & Co. xiv 449 pp., 37 pls. [Date published April 11, 1907] [250] [subsequent misspelling].

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial, volant.

History of changes