Species Abantiades leucochiton (Pfitzner, 1914)
- Pielus leucochiton Pfitzner, R. 1914. Neue Hepialiden. Entomologische Rundschau 31: 95-96 [95].
Type data:
Syntype(s) SMF ♂, 'Hinterland of Sydney', NSW.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), 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), Stony Plains (STP), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Ecological Descriptors
Larva subterranean feeding on roots. Larval foodplants: Casuarina spp. or Allocasuarina spp. (Casuarinaceae). Recorded by Tindale (1932) from roots of Allocasuarina luehmannii but with botanical taxonomic changes other species may be involved.
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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26-Jun-2017 | 17-Nov-2015 | MOVED | ||
26-Jun-2017 | HEPIALIDAE | 29-Sep-2015 | MODIFIED | |
08-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED |