Species Halone interspersa (T.P. Lucas, 1890)

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• Sorocostia interspersa Lucas, T.P. 1890. On Queensland and other Australian macro-lepidoptera, with localities, and descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 4(4): 1065-1099 [1076].

  Type data:

   Status unknown.

Introduction

Edwards (1996: 281) noted that Halone interspersa (T.P. Lucas, 1890) was included in the Lithosiinae by Turner (1899, 1940) and Hampson (1900). Lucas' description appears to be of a lithosiine and Hampson illustrated it in 1900. T.P. Lucas did not usually label his types as such. A specimen in the SAMA was labelled subsequently as the type by H. Womersley but this specimen belongs in the Nolinae. Lucas' description is quite vague and could apply to many species. The name is included in the Lithosiinae in this Checklist. The lithosiine identified by Hampson and Turner as H. interspersa (T.P. Lucas) is otherwise without a name. The noline represented by the specimen in the SAMA is also otherwise without a name.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial, volant.

General References

Edwards, E.D. 1996. Arctiidae. pp.278-286 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. [281]

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.

Turner, A.J. 1899. Notes of Australian Lepidoptera. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 23: 9-21

Turner, A.J. 1940. A revision of the Australian Arctiidae (Lepidoptera). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 51: 51-131

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