Species Ectropis excursaria (Guenée, 1857)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Tephrosia excursaria Boisduval, J.-A. & Guenée, A. (eds) 1857. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptères. Paris : Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret Vol. 9 xxxvii, 514 pp. [267].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MNHP ♂, Australia.
• Tephrosia exportaria Boisduval, J.-A. & Guenée, A. (eds) 1857. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptères. Paris : Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret Vol. 9 xxxvii, 514 pp. [268].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MNHP ♂, Nouvelle-Hollande [Australia].
• Boarmia phibalapteraria Boisduval, J.-A. & Guenée, A. (eds) 1857. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptères. Paris : Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret Vol. 9 xxxvii, 514 pp. [268].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, possibly Oceanien.
• Hemerophila vestita Walker, F. 1860. Geometrites. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 21: 277-498 [322].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Australia: Tasmania.
• Boarmia attributa Walker, F. 1860. Geometrites. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 21: 277-498 [390].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, Australia: [New South Wales], Sydney.
• Boarmia decertaria Walker, F. 1860. Geometrites. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 21: 277-498 [391].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Australia: [New South Wales], Sydney.
• Tephrosia fulgurigera Walker, F. 1869. Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera Heterocera. London : E.W. Janson 112 pp. [77].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MVMA ♀, Australia.

Ecological Descriptors

Caterpillar: herbivore (associated flora: Hakea Schrad. & J.C.Wendl. [PROTEACEAE]; Gardenia J.Ellis [RUBIACEAE]; Pultenaea Sm. [FABACEAE] Bush Pea; Citrus L. [RUTACEAE] Citrus; Hardenbergia violacea (Schneev.) Stearn [FABACEAE] False Sarsaparilla; Eucalyptus l'Hérit. [MYRTACEAE] Gum trees; Acacia [FABACEAE] Wattle; Leptospermum J.R.Forster & G.Forster [MYRTACEAE] myrtle; Pinus L. [PINACEAE] pine; Juglans DC. [JUGLANDACEAE] walnut; Rosa L. [ROSACEAE]; Pelargonium [GERANIACEAE]; Hedera L. [ARALIACEAE]; Bursaria Cav. [PITTOSPORACEAE]; Cassia Lindl. [FABACEAE]; Rubus L. [ROSACEAE]; Arctotheca [ASTERACEAE]).

Associated Flora References

McFarland, N. 1988. Portraits of South Australian geometrid moths. Kansas : Allen Press, Lawrence iv+400 pp., frontispiece. [91] (Hardenbergia violacea)

Scoble, M.J. 1999. Geometrid Moths of the World; a Catalogue. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia : CSIRO Publishing. [261 (all)] (Acacia)

General References

McQuillan, P.B. & Edwards, E.D. 1996. Geometridae. pp. 200-228 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM. [210] (Note #305: Ectropis excursaria (Guenée, 1857), E. exportaria (Guenée, 1857) and E. phibalapteraria (Guenée, 1857) were published simultaneously. Priority was given to E. excursaria (Guenée) over both E. exportaria (Guenée) and E. phibalapteraria (Guenée) by Meyrick (1892: 609) as first reviser)

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