Species Abantiades hyalinatus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1853)
- Epiolus hyalinatus Herrich-Schäffer, G.A.W. 1853. Sammlung neuer oder wenig bekannter aussereuropaischer schmetterlinge. 1850-1858. Regensburg : Manz pls 1-16. [pl. 11, fig. 50].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown ♂, incorrectly given as 'Nov. Zeel.'. - Abantiades diaphanus Herrich-Schäffer, G.A.W. 1855. Systematischer Bearbeitung, &c. dessen neuen Schmetterlingen aus Europa, &c. dann der von Hübner abgebildeten Raupen, &c. Regensburg Vol. 1. [Date published June] [5] [Abantiades diaphanus is an objective replacement name for Epiolus hyalinatus].
- Charagia ingens Walker, F. 1865. Supplement 2. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 32: 322-706 [Date published April] [596].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♀ (the type locality and sex of the holotype were given incorrectly in the original description), 'New Zealand'. - Pielus erythrinus Walker, F. 1865. Supplement 2. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 32: 322-706 [Date published April] [599].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂, Australia. - Pielus imperialis Olliff, A.S. & Prince, H. 1888. On a new Pielus from the Blue Mountains. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2-n.s. 2(4): 1015-1016, pl. 39 [year of publication not confirmed] [1015].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown ♂ (the holotype should be in the Australian Museum, Sydney, but has not been found), Lawson, NSW. - Abantiades hyalinatus brunneus Tindale, N.B. 1932. Revision of the Australian ghost moths (Lepidoptera Homoneura, Family Hepialidae). Part I. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 4: 497-536 [519] [infrasubsp.].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA ♂ (described as a form, the question of whether the name is to be regarded as subspecific or infrasubspecific needs investigation), Eaglehawk Neck, Tasmania.Secondary source:
Simonsen, T.J. 2018. Splendid ghost moths and their allies in Australia : A Revision of Australian Abantiades, Oncopera, Aenetus, Archaeoaenetus and Zelotypia (Hepialidae). Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Clayton South, Victoria, Australia : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 12 312 pp. [Date published 1/3/2018] [51].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Tindale, N.B. 1932. Revision of the Australian ghost moths (Lepidoptera Homoneura, Family Hepialidae). Part I. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 4: 497-536 [517]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Gulf Plains (GUP), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Larvae feed underground on roots. Larval foodplants: Eucalyptus spp. (Myrtaceae). Cunningham (1955) recorded larvae from the roots of Eucalyptus amygdalina (Myrtaceae).
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04-Aug-2021 | HEPIALIDAE | 17-May-2021 | MODIFIED | |
| 26-Jun-2017 | 17-Nov-2015 | MOVED | ||
| 26-Jun-2017 | HEPIALIDAE | 29-Sep-2015 | MODIFIED | |
| 08-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED |