Species Metura elongatus (Saunders, 1847)

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• Oiketicus elongatus Saunders, W.W. 1847. Remarks on the habits and economy of a species of Oiketecus found on shrubs in the vicinity of Sydney, N.S.W. [Drawn up from notes furnished by W. Stephenson, Esq.]. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 5: 40-43 [43].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Sydney, New South Wales.

  Secondary source:

   Beaver, E.P. 2020. Revision of the genus Metura (Lepidoptera: Psychidae) with description of two new species. Zootaxa 4861(2): 188-210 [192] (redescription).
• Oiketicus saundersii Westwood, J.O. 1855. Descriptions of some species of Lepidopterous insects belonging to the genus Oiketicus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1854(22): 219-243, Annulosa pls 34-37 [223] [replacement name; unnecessary replacement name].
• Phragmatoecia capucina Wallengren, H.D.J. 1860. Lepidopterologische Mittheilungen. Wiener Entomologische Monatschrift 4: 33-46, 161-176.

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Sidney, Novae Hollandiae [Sydney, NSW].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Beaver, E.P. 2020. Revision of the genus Metura (Lepidoptera: Psychidae) with description of two new species. Zootaxa 4861(2): 188-210 [191]

 

Generic Combinations

• Metura elongatus (1847). —
  Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds) 1996. Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM.

 

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Higher rainfall regions of eastern Australia from the Atherton Tableland QLD, south to Flinders Island, TAS, and west to around Mount Gambier, SA

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Feb-2024	Metura Walker, 1855	05-Feb-2024	MODIFIED
27-Feb-2012		27-Feb-2012	MODIFIED
		09-Mar-2010	MODIFIED