Australian Biological Resources Study

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Species Agrilus (Agrilus) echidna Curletti, 2001

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Species Agrilus (Agrilus) echidna Curletti, 2001

  • Type data:
     Holotype ANIC ♂, Marloo Stn, Wurarga, WA.
    Paratype(s) ANIC 4 ♂, 1 ♀, same data as holotype; MCCI 2 ♀, same data as holotype; WAM ♀ (8.1.1951), Northam, WA; WAM ♂ (16.1.1995, R.P. McMillan), Lake Monger WA; WAM ♀, Lake Grace, WA; MCCI ♂ (26.12.45, R.P. McMillan), Spencers Brook; MCCI ♂ (9.I.1974, S. Barker, on Casuarina huegeliana), South Tammin Flora Reserve, WA; SAMA ♂ (9.I.1974, S. Barker), South Tammin Flora Reserve, WA; MHC ♂ (on Allocasuarina campestris leaves, 20 Jan. 1999, D.G. Knowles), 3 km W of Quairading WA,; ANIC 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (H.W. Brown), Southern Cross, WA; CLBC ♂ (2.II.1998, C.L. Bellamy, beating foliage Acacia acuminata), McDermid Rock, WA [32.01°S 120.44°E]; SAMA ♀ (on Leptospermon, E. Wella and S. Barker), Joanna SA,.

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • South Australia: SE coastal
    • Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: diurnal, folivore (associated flora: Acacia acuminata Benth. [FABACEAE] Jam Wattle; Allocasuarina huegeliana (Miq.) L.A.S.Johnson [CASUARINACEAE] Rock She-Oak), volant.

Larva: wood-borer (associated flora: Allocasuarina campestris (Diels) L.A.S.Johnson [CASUARINACEAE] Tamma, She-Oak; Leptospermum sp. [MYRTACEAE] Tea-tree).

Extra Ecological Information

The larvae develop in Allocasuarina campestris and Leptospermum sp. and probably also in Casuarina huegeliana and Acacia acuminata, where adults have been found (Curletti 2001).

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
16-Jun-2022 BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 16-Jun-2022 MODIFIED
04-Aug-2021 BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 27-May-2022 MODIFIED
24-Dec-2020 BUPRESTOIDEA 16-Jun-2022 MODIFIED
01-Jul-2020 POLYPHAGA 16-Jun-2022 MODIFIED Max Beatson
05-Mar-2019 BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 16-Jun-2022 MODIFIED
13-Jun-2017 Agrilus Curtis, 1825 16-Jun-2022 MODIFIED
28-Jan-2014 BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 16-Jun-2022 MODIFIED Dr Federica Turco (QM)
05-Mar-2013 16-Jun-2022 MODIFIED
17-Dec-2010 16-Jun-2022 MODIFIED
16-Jun-2022 MODIFIED