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Species Bilbilicallia truncatellum (Walker, 1851)


Compiler and date details

18 April 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher

 

Introduction

Walker (1851) indicated that his only specimen of this species was a male by including "Mas." beside the species name. Its locality is unknown, given simply as "New Holland".

 

Distribution

Recorded from "Australia".

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

 

Diagnosis

Body tawny, short, broad and very deep; head very short and broad, more than half the breadth of the fore-wing; crown extremely short, adorned with contiguous black spots, its breadth more than eight times its length; front large, flat, subquadrate, tinged with black on the fore border, the hind border and the middle longitudinal ridge, its breadth less than twice its length; epistoma small, nearly heart-shaped, adorned on each side with oblique ferruginous bands; mouth tawny; eyes not prominent; fore-chest very short, nearly straight, adorned with black spots, its breadth more than eight times its length; middle-chest triangular, full twice the length of the fore-chest, adorned with two black spots; abdomen obconical, brown, not longer than the chest; hind borders of the segments yellow; legs tawny, rather stout; hind shanks armed with one spine; fore-wings tawny, coriaceous, nearly vertical, very broad, yellowish and slightly convex on the fore border, very convex and almost angular on the hind border, somewhat obliquely truncated at the tips; veins tawny; cross-veins very numerous, forming intricate ramifications; hind wings wanting. Length of the body 1½ line; of the wings 2½ lines (Walker 1851).

 

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)
04-May-2011 04-May-2011 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)