Species Fascionycta fasciata (Moore, 1884)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Hyboma fasciata Moore, F. 1884. The Lepidoptera of Ceylon. London : Reeve & Co. Vol. 3 xv+578 pp., 215 pls. [5, pl. 144, fig. 4].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH, Sri Lanka [as 'Ceylon'].
• Hyboma divisa Moore, F. 1888. Descriptions of new genera and species of Lepidoptera Heterocera, collected by Rev. J.H. Hocking chiefly in the Kangra district, N.W. Himalaya. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1888: 390-412 [409].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH, Kangra, [Himachal Pradesh, India].
• Acronycta nigrostriata Pagenstecher, A.A.F. 1888. Beiträge zur Lepidoptera fauna des Malayischen Archipels (V.). Verzeichniss der Schmetterlinge von Amboina nebst Beschreibung neuer Arten. Jahrbuch des Nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde 41: 85-217 [128].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB, Ambon Island [as 'Amboina'], [Indonesia].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Poole, R.W. 1989. Noctuidae. Parts 1–3, Lepidopterorum Catalogus 118 (New Series). Parts 1–3, Lepidopterorum Catalogus 118 (New Series). E.J. Brill & Flora & Fauna Publications : Leiden & Gainsville. xii +1314 pp. [279]

Generic Combinations

• Fascionycta fasciata (Moore, 1884). —
  Kiss, A. 2017. Taxonomic review of the Craniophora s. l. (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Acronictinae) generic complex with description of 8 new genera and 13 new species. Zootaxa 4355(1): 001–090 [56] (new combination as type of genus Fascionycta)
• Craniophora fasciata (Moore, 1884). —
  Common, I.F.B. 1990. Moths of Australia. Carlton : Melbourne University Press vi+535 pp., 32 pls.

Introduction

Comb. n. by Kiss (2017)

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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

Larvae have been recorded as feeding on Osmanthus sp., Olea dioica and Ligustrum spp. (Oleaceae).

General References

Kiss, A. 2017. Taxonomic review of the Craniophora s. l. (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Acronictinae) generic complex with description of 8 new genera and 13 new species. Zootaxa 4355(1): 001–090 [51] (Accessed 27 Aug 2020)

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