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Species Eschatura lactea (Turner, 1898)

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Larva boring in stem. Larval foodplant: introduced Carya illinoensis—Pecan nut (Juglandaceae).

 

General References

Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds) 1996. Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM. [346: Note #128] (Phloeophorba lactea Turner, 1898. Two new species, lactea and codonoptera were included in Phloeophorba Turner, 1898, without the designation of a type species. As Turner commented that the generic position of lactea could not be determined with certainty in the absence of the male, codonoptera must be designated as the type species (Code [1986] Article 68(d)). However, codonoptera is a junior subjective synonym of lemurias Meyrick, 1897, the type species of Eschatura Meyrick, 1897, and Phloeophorba therefore becomes a junior synonym of Eschatura)

 

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)
05-Jun-2024 GELECHIOIDEA 19-Aug-2022 MODIFIED Dr Cathy Byrne (TMAG) Ms Eileen Lee (TMAG)
29-Sep-2015 MODIFIED