Species Athetis thoracica (Moore, 1884)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Radinacra thoracica Moore, F. 1884. The Lepidoptera of Ceylon. London : Reeve & Co. Vol. 3 xv+578 pp., 215 pls. [31, pl. 148, fig. 4].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH, Sri Lanka [as 'Ceylon'].
• Leucocosmia ceres Butler, A.G. 1886. Descriptions of 21 new genera and 103 new species of Lepidoptera Heterocera from the Australian region. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1886(4): 381-441, pls 9-10 [394].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH, Viti Islands, [Fiji].
• Caradrina euthusa Hampson, G.F. 1891. Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the British Museum. The Lepidoptera Heterocera of the Nilgiri District. London : Taylor and Francis Vol. 8 iv 144 pp., 18 pls. [15, 79, pl. 145, fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH, Nilgiri District, [Tamil Nadu], India.
• Caradrina heliarcha Meyrick, E. 1897. Descriptions of new Lepidoptera from Australia and New Zealand. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1897: 367-390 [370].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH ♀ ♂ (the syntypes from Brisbane prior to 1897 could not be found in the BMNH), Brisbane, QLD.
• Caradrina unipunctata Bethune-Baker, G.T. 1906. New Noctuidae from British New Guinea. Novitates Zoologicae 13: 191-287 [201].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH, Ekeikei, British New Guinea, [Papua New Guinea].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds) 1996. Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM. [326]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Larvae have been recorded as feeding on a broad range of plants, including Alnus, Betula (Betulaceae), Populus, Salix (Saliaceae), Quercus (Fagaceae), Syzygium (Myrtaceae), Portulaca (Portulacaceae), Nicotiana (Solanaceae), Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae), Camellia (Theaceae), Commelina (Commelinaceae) and Shepherdia canadensis (Elaeagnaceae).

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