Species Mnesampela privata (Guenée, 1857)
- Idiodes privata Guenée, A. in Boisduval, J.-A. & Guenée, A. (eds) 1857. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species général des Lépidoptères. Paris : Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret Vol. 10(2) 584 pp. [41].
Type data:
Holotype MNHN ♂, [Australia]. - Azelina inordinata Walker, F 1869. Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera: Heterocera. London : E. W. Janson 112 pp. [74].
Type data:
Holotype MVMA ♂, Australia.Secondary source:
Lower, O.B. 1894. A catalogue of Victorian Heterocera. Part ix-xii. Victorian Naturalist 11: 57-60, 81-84, 93-96, 105-108 [60].
Generic Combinations
- Mnesampela privata (Guenée, 1857). —
Guest, E. 1887. A classified list of Geometrina found around Balhannah, with notes on species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 9: 126-141 [138]
Lidgett, J. 1892. Some transformations of Australian Lepidoptera. Victorian Naturalist 9: 66-68 [67]
Meyrick, E. 1892. Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. V. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2-n.s. 6(4): 581-678 [658]
Lower, O.B. 1894. A catalogue of Victorian Heterocera. Part ix-xii. Victorian Naturalist 11: 57-60, 81-84, 93-96, 105-108 [60]
Lower, O.B. 1897. Descriptions of new species of Australian Lepidoptera, with notes on synonymy. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 22: 10-32 [30]
French, C. 1900. A handbook of the destructive insects of Victoria, with notes on the methods to be adopted to check and extirpate them. Melbourne : Government Printer. Vol. 3 pp. 1-229. [55]
Turner, A.J. 1912. On some types of Lepidoptera in the National Museum, Melbourne. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 4: 16-22 [18]
Turner, A.J. 1919. Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. VI (Third instalment). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 44: 258-310, 383-413 [2 Oct. 1919] [389]
Froggatt, W.W. 1923. Forest Insects of Australia. Sydney : Alfred James Kent, Government Printer viii 171 pp. 2 colour pls. [48]
Turner, A.J. 1926. A revision of Lepidoptera of Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1925: 118-151 [133]
Evans, J.W. 1943. Insect Pests and Their Control. Department of Agriculture Tasmania. Hobart : H.H. Pimblett 178 pp. [137]
Moore, K.M. 1961. Observations on some Australian forest insects. 6. Insects associated with Eucalyptus saligna, E. acmenioides and Angophora intermedia. Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales (1958-59): 87-95 [93]
Common, I.F.B. 1963. Australian Moths. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 128 pp. [80]
Common, I.F.B. 1970. Lepidoptera (Moths and butterflies). pp. 765-866, pls 7, 8 in Mackerras, I.M. (ed.). The Insects of Australia: a textbook for students and research workers. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press 1029, 8 pls. [848]
Moore, K.M. 1972. Observations on some Australian forest insects. 26. Some insects attacking three important tree species. The Australian Zoologist 17(1): 30-39, figs 1-2 [37]
Elliott, H.J. &Bashford. R. 1978. The life history of Mnesampela privata (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)a defoliator of young eucalypts. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 17: 201-204
McFarland, N. 1979. Annotated list of larval foodplant records for 280 species of Australian moths. Journal of Lepidoptera Research Supplement 3: i-ii, 1-72 [31]
McQuillan, P.B. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the Australian autumn gum moth genus Mnesampela Guest (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Ennominae). Entomologica Scandinavica 16: 175-202 [180-187]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Eucalyptus forest in southern and south-eastern Australia where annual rainfall exceeds 500 mm
Australian Endemic.
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Caterpillar: herbivore (associated flora: Eucalyptus cinerea F.Muell. ex Benth., 1867 [MYRTACEAE] Argyle Apple; Eucalyptus amygdalina Labill., 1806 [MYRTACEAE] Black Peppermint; Eucalyptus globulus Labill., 1800 [MYRTACEAE] Blue Gum; Eucalyptus crenulata Blakely & de Buez., 1939 [MYRTACEAE] Buxton gum; Eucalyptus gunnii Hook f., 1844 [MYRTACEAE] Cider Gum; Eucalyptus cordata Labill., 1806 [MYRTACEAE] Heart-leaved Silver Gum; Eucalyptus viminalis Labill. [MYRTACEAE] Manna Gum; Eucalyptus odorata White [MYRTACEAE] Peppermint Box; Eucalyptus odorata Behr ex Schlecht. [MYRTACEAE] Peppermint Box; Eucalyptus risdoni Hook f. [MYRTACEAE] Risdon gum, drooping gum and blue peppermint; Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehnh., 1832 [MYRTACEAE] River Red Gum; Eucalyptus saligna Sm. [MYRTACEAE] Saligna gum; Eucalyptus bicostata Maiden, Blakely & Simmonds [MYRTACEAE] Victorian Blue Gum; Eucalyptus stellulata Sieb. [MYRTACEAE] black sallee; Eucalyptus pilularis Sm. [MYRTACEAE] blackbutt; Eucalyptus grandis Sm. [MYRTACEAE] looded-gum, rosegum, toolur; Eucalyptus obliqua l'Hérit. [MYRTACEAE] messmate; Eucalyptus nitens Maiden [MYRTACEAE] shining gum; Eucalyptus nitida Hook f. [MYRTACEAE] shining peppermint; Eucalyptus tenuiramis Miq. [MYRTACEAE] silver peppermint; Eucalyptus perriniana F. Muell. [MYRTACEAE] snow gum; Eucalyptus maideni F. Muell. [MYRTACEAE] spotted blue gum; Eucalyptus maculosa R. T. Bak. [MYRTACEAE] spotted gum, brittle gum; Eucalyptus urnigera Hook f. [MYRTACEAE] urn gum; Eucalyptus leucoxylon F. Muell. [MYRTACEAE] white gum, South Australian blue gum).
Associated Flora References
Elliott, H.J. &Bashford. R. 1978. The life history of Mnesampela privata (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)a defoliator of young eucalypts. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 17: 201-204 (Eucalyptus crenulata; Eucalyptus cordata; Eucalyptus amygdalina; Eucalyptus globulus; Eucalyptus viminalis; Eucalyptus tenuiramis; Eucalyptus risdoni; Eucalyptus obliqua; Eucalyptus nitens; Eucalyptus maideni)
McFarland, N. 1979. Annotated list of larval foodplant records for 280 species of Australian moths. Journal of Lepidoptera Research Supplement 3: i-ii, 1-72 (Eucalyptus leucoxylon)
McFarland, N. 1988. Portraits of South Australian geometrid moths. Kansas : Allen Press, Lawrence iv+400 pp., frontispiece. [139] (Eucalyptus odorata)
McQuillan, P.B. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the Australian autumn gum moth genus Mnesampela Guest (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Ennominae). Entomologica Scandinavica 16: 175-202 (Eucalyptus cinerea; Eucalyptus gunnii; Eucalyptus camaldulensis; Eucalyptus urnigera; Eucalyptus stellulata; Eucalyptus perriniana; Eucalyptus nitida; Eucalyptus maculosa; Eucalyptus bicostata)
Moore, K.M. 1961. Observations on some Australian forest insects. 6. Insects associated with Eucalyptus saligna, E. acmenioides and Angophora intermedia. Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales (1958-59): 87-95 (Eucalyptus saligna)
Moore, K.M. 1972. Observations on some Australian forest insects. 26. Some insects attacking three important tree species. The Australian Zoologist 17(1): 30-39, figs 1-2 (Eucalyptus pilularis; Eucalyptus grandis)
Diagnosis
Similar to lenaea, but with orange hindwings. Separated from congeners on lamellate male antennae and from athertonensis on wing shape and absence of a dark post median line on the forewings.
Diagnosis References
McQuillan, P.B. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the Australian autumn gum moth genus Mnesampela Guest (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Ennominae). Entomologica Scandinavica 16: 175-202 [183]
History of changes
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| 05-Jun-2024 | GEOMETROIDEA | 05-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Cathy Byrne |
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| 21-Feb-2022 | GEOMETRIDAE | 05-Jun-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Federica Turco (QM) |
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