Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Bibla papyria (Boisduval, 1832)

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Species Bibla papyria (Boisduval, 1832)

White-banded Grass-dart

Generic Combinations

  • Bibla papyria (Boisduval, 1832).

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), 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), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Imperata cylindrica (L.) P.Beauv. [POACEAE] Blady Grass; Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. [POACEAE] Common Reed; Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. [POACEAE] Couch Grass; Pennisetum clandestinum Chiov. [POACEAE] Kikuyu Grass; Microlaena stipoides (Labill.) R.Br. [POACEAE] Meadow Rice Grass; Oryza sativa L. [POACEAE] Rice; Ehrharta calycina Smith [POACEAE]; Echinopogon caespitosus C.E.Hubb [POACEAE]; Austrostipa scabra (Lindl.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett [POACEAE]; Austrodanthonia sp. [POACEAE]; Poa sp. [POACEAE]; Carex gaudichaudiana Kunth [CYPERACEAE]; Paspalum dilatatum Poiret [POACEAE]; Ehrharta longiflora Smith [POACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Introduced larval food plants include Ehrharta calycina, E. longiflora, Oryza sativa, Paspalum dilatatum, Pennisetum clandestinum (Poaceae).

 

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)
07-Mar-2024 PAPILIONOIDEA 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED Dr Michael Braby
04-Feb-2023 PAPILIONOIDEA 01-Jan-2024 MODIFIED Dr Michael Braby (ANU)
13-May-2022 PAPILIONOIDEA 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED Dr Michael Braby
26-Feb-2021 PAPILIONOIDEA 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED Dr Michael Braby
04-Jun-2020 PAPILIONOIDEA 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED Dr Michael Braby
06-Sep-2017 PAPILIONOIDEA 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED
06-Sep-2017 HESPERIIDAE 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED Lyn Randall
05-Mar-2013 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED
05-Apr-2011 05-Apr-2011 MOVED
05-Mar-2013 07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED
07-Mar-2024 MODIFIED