Subspecies Antipodia chaostola chaostola (Meyrick, 1888)
Chaostola Skipper
- Telesto chaostola Meyrick, E. 1888. Descriptions of new Australian Rhopalocera. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 2(4): 827-834 [Anon. 1929. List showing dates of publication of parts of the Proceedings for each year. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. Index to vols 1–50 (1875–1925). [v] issue date of (2)2(4) was 21st March, 1888] [830].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂ (Meyrick in the original description indicated that he had one specimen), Blackheath 1065 m (as 3,500 feet), NSW (designated in original description)
Comment: Atkins, A.F. 1984. A new genus Antipodia (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Trapezitinae) with comments on its biology and relationships. Australian Entomological Magazine 11(3): 45–58 [for corrections to this paper see Atkins, A.F. 1987. Corrections to A.F. Atkins, 1984, "A new genus Antipodia (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Trapezitinae) with comments on its biology and relationships". Australian Entomological Magazine 13(5–6): 70] [48] (type specimen information); Waterhouse, G.A. 1933. Notes on the type specimens of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera) in the museums in Australia, with special reference to those in the South Australian Museum. Rec. S. Aust. Mus. 5(1): 49–62 [53] (mentioned an allotype female which has no status); Peters, J.V. 1971. A Catalogue of the Type Specimens of the Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea (Lepidoptera) in the Australian Museum. Greenwich, NSW : Australian Entomological Press 36 pp.[13] (pointed out that the allotype has no status).
Distribution
States
New South Wales
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore.
General References
Meyrick, E. & Lower, O. 1902. Revision of the Australian Hesperiadae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 26(2): 38-129 [65] (original description of female specimen)
Waterhouse, G.A. 1933. Australian Hesperiidae. IV. Notes and descriptions of new forms. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 58(5–6): 461-466 [462] (biology as Hesperilla chaostola)
History of changes
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| 05-Mar-2013 | 05-Mar-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Mar-2013 | 07-Aug-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |