Species Androchela newmannaria (Guenée, 1857)
- Crocallis newmannaria Guenée, A. 1857. Uranides et Phalénites. In, Boisduval, J.-A. & Guenée, A. (eds). Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptères. Paris : Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret Vol. 9 xxxvii, 514 pp. [169].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP ♂, Van-Diemen [Tasmania]
Comment: Type locality probably near Hobart, Tasmania.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- McQuillan, P.B. 1996. The Tasmanian geometrid moths associated with the genus Amelora auctorum (Lepidopetra: Geometridae: Ennominae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 10: 433-506
Generic Combinations
- Androchela newmannaria (Guenée, 1857). —
McQuillan, P.B. 1996. The Tasmanian geometrid moths associated with the genus Amelora auctorum (Lepidopetra: Geometridae: Ennominae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 10: 433-506 [492] - Digmodes newmannaria (Guenée, 1857). —
Swinhoe, C. 1900. Catalogue of Eastern and Australian Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the Oxford University Museum. Part 2. Noctuina, Geometrina and Pyralidina. Pteropophoridae and Tineina by Right Hon. Lord Wasingham and John Hartley Durrant. Oxford : Claredon Press (a) vi+630 pp., 8 pls. [259]
Swinhoe, C. 1900. Catalogue of Eastern and Australian Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the Oxford University Museum. Part 2. Noctuina, Geometrina and Pyralidina. Pteropophoridae and Tineina by Right Hon. Lord Wasingham and John Hartley Durrant. Oxford : Claredon Press (a) vi+630 pp., 8 pls. [259]
Introduction
This species was unrecognised for over one hundred years following its discovery in 1857 until the latest revision of Amelora and related species by McQuillan (1996)
Distribution
States
Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Eucalyptus forest
Australian Endemic.
Distribution References
Diagnosis
Readily distinguished from A. milvaria on forewing shape and colour.
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21-Feb-2022 | GEOMETROIDEA | 04-Dec-2021 | MODIFIED | Dr Cathy Byrne (TMAG) Di Moyle (TMAG) |
| 21-Feb-2022 | 23-Oct-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 21-Feb-2022 | 31-Mar-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 26-May-2010 | MODIFIED |