Species Oecetis epekeina Neboiss, 1989

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• Oecetis epekeina Neboiss, A. 1989. The Oecetis reticulata species-group from the south-west Pacific area (Trichoptera: Leptoceridae). Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 59: 191-202 [195, figs 9, 10].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV T-9921 ♂, N QLD, 16 km W Ravenshoe.
  Paratype(s) NMV ♂ (genitalia prep. PT-1737 figured), N QLD, 16 km W Ravenshoe; ANIC ♂, N QLD, Palmer River; ANIC ♂, N QLD, McLeod River 15 km W of Mt Carbine; ANIC ♂, N QLD, Kauri Dam, Atherton Tableland; ANIC ♂, NT, 9 km NbyE of Mudgniberri HS [12°31'S 132°54'E]; ANIC ♂, NT, Surprize Creek, 45 km SW of Borroloola [16°25'S 136°05'E].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: freshwater, tube case maker.

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