Species Fraus simulans Walker, 1856
- Fraus simulans Walker, F. 1856. Lepidoptera Heterocera. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 7: 1508-1808 [incl. Index to parts 1-7] [published May 1856] [1564].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♂, Tasmania.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 [156]. - Hectomanes noserodes Meyrick, E. 1890. Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2-n.s. 4(4): 1117-1216 [year of publication not confirmed] [1126].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♂, Sydney, NSW.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 [156].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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 [156]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), 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), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Larva in subterranean tunnel emerging at night to feed. Larval foodplants: native and exotic grasses (Poaceae).
General References
Hardy, R.J. 1973. The biology of Fraus simulans Walker (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 30: 113-120 [113]
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 |