Species Chimarra monticola Kimmins, 1953

Museums

Regional Maps

• Chimarra monticola Mosely, M.E. & Kimmins, D.E. 1953. The Trichoptera (Caddis-flies) of Australia and New Zealand. London : British Museum (Natural History) 550 pp. [Date published 6 Feb. 1953] [402].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Rule's Point, 4,450 ft, NSW.
  Paratype(s) BMNH ♂.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: lotic freshwater.

Extra Ecological Information

Construct sack-like silk nets, lotic-erosional.

General References

Cartwright, D.I. 1990. Taxonomy of the larvae, pupae and females of the Victorian species of Chimarra Stephens (Trichoptera: Philopotamidae), with notes on biology and distribution. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 102: 15-22 [18] (final instar larva, pupa, female)

Cartwright, D.I. 2002. The Australian species of Chimarra Stephens (Trichoptera: Philopotamidae). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 59(2): 393-437 [412] (new record)

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