Species Fraus crocea (T.P. Lucas, 1891)
- Hectomanes crocea Lucas, T.P. 1891. On Queensland and other Australian Lepidoptera with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 6(2): 277-306 [283].
Type data:
Lectotype SAMA ♂, Brisbane, Qld.Subsequent designation references:
Nielsen, E.S. & Kristensen, N.P. 1989. Primitive Ghost Moths. Morphology and taxonomy of the Australian genus Fraus Walker (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae s.lat.). Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera 1: i-xiii, 1-206 [153].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Larval foodplants: larva associated with Imperata cylindrica (Poaceae) and Gahnia sp. (Cyperaceae).
General References
Nielsen, E.S. & Kristensen, N.P. 1989. Primitive Ghost Moths. Morphology and taxonomy of the Australian genus Fraus Walker (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae s.lat.). Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera 1: i-xiii, 1-206 [154]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26-Jun-2017 | 17-Nov-2015 | MOVED | ||
| 26-Jun-2017 | HEPIALIDAE | 29-Sep-2015 | MODIFIED | |
| 08-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED |