Species Ecnomus tillyardi Mosely, 1953

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Regional Maps

• Ecnomus tillyardi 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] [378].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Cradle Mtn, TAS.
  Paratype(s) BMNH ♂.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), 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), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: lotic freshwater, silk fixed retreat maker.

Extra Ecological Information

Lotic-erosional habitat.

General References

Cartwright, D.I. 1990. The Australian species of Ecnomus McLachlan (Trichoptera: Ecnomidae). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 51: 1-48 [14, figs 34a, 35a, 103, 104] (revised description and figures, female described, distribution)

Fulton, W. 1983. Macrobenthic fauna of Great Lake, Arthurs Lake and Lake Sorell, Tasmania. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 34: 775-785 [Date published 15 Nov. 1983]

Neboiss, A. 2003. New genera and species, and new records, of Tasmanian Trichoptera (Insecta). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 136: 43-82 [dated 2002] [63] (new record)

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