Species Maroga melanostigma (Wallengren, 1861)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cryptophasa melanostigma Wallengren, H.D.J. 1861. Lepidoptera. Species novas descripsit. In: Kongliga svenska fregatten Eugenies resa omkring Jorden under befäl af C.A. Virgin Åren 1851–1853. Vetenskapliga iakttagelser på H.M. Konung Oscar Den Förstes befallning utgifna af K. Svenska vetenskaps Akademien. 2(Zoologi 1)(Insecta). 351-390, pls 6-7 [387].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHRM ♀, Sydney, NSW.
• Maroga gigantella Walker, F. 1864. Tineites. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 562-835 [827].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 16♂♀, South Australia, Tasmania, Australia.
• Maroga tasmanica Turner, A.J. 1927. New and little known Tasmanian Lepidoptera. Part II. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1926: 119-164 [139].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ANIC unknown number ♂♀, Tasmania.

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), 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), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), 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), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), 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), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Larva boring in stem. Larval foodplants: Acacia spp., Albizia sp. (Mimosaceae); Jacksonia scoparia (Fabaceae); Banksia serrata, Grevillea robusta (Proteaceae); Casuarina sp. (Casuarinaceae); Cassia sp. (Caesalpiniaceae); Eucalyptus sp. (Myrtaceae); introduced plants in many families including Pithecellobium—Golden Rain Tree (Mimosaceae), Wisteria and Lantana and grape vine, plum, peach, apricot, pecan, apple, citrus, fig and mango.

 

History of changes

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