Species Chaetocneme denitza (Hewitson, 1867)
Ornate Dusk-flat, Rare Red-eye
- Netrocoryne denitza Hewitson, W.C. 1867. Descriptions of One Hundred New Species of Hesperidae. London : John van Voorst Vol. 1 25 pp. [22].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♂, Moreton Bay, Brisbane, QLD (indicated in original description)
Comment: Hewitson in the original description did not indicate the number of specimens described; Kirby, W.F. 1879. Catalogue of the Collection of Diurnal Lepidoptera Formed by the Late William Chapman Hewitson, of Oatlands, Walton-on-Thames; and Bequeathed by Him to the British Museum. London : John van Voorst iv 246 pp. [210] (listed five specimens in the Hewitson collection).
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Darwin east to Elcho Is. and south to Groote Eylandt, NT, at Cape York and from Cooktown south to Canungra, QLD.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: arboreal, herbivore (associated flora: Lophostemon confertus (R.Br.) Peter G.Wilson & J.T.Waterh. [MYRTACEAE] Brush Box; Planchonia careya (F.Muell.) R.Knuth [LECYTHIDACEAE] Cocky Apple; Lophostemon suaveolens (Sol. ex Gaertn.) Peter G.Wilson & J.T.Waterh. [MYRTACEAE] Swamp Mahogany; Lophostemon grandiflorus (R.Br.) Peter G.Wilson & J.T.Waterh. [MYRTACEAE]).
Open forest.
Extra Ecological Information
Eggs laid singly on upper surface of leaf, larva builds silk-lined shelter from leaf of host plant and usually feeds at dusk, pupa in last larval shelter with adult emerging after dusk, adult flight habits not recorded, possibly crepuscular, collected at rest during the day and occasionally taken at night, seasonal in QLD from September-October and March-April.
General References
Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [97] (biology)
Lane, D.A. 1993. New food plant records for Chaetocneme denitza (Hewitson) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Pyginae). Australian Entomologist 20(2): 73-74 [73]
Miller, C.G. 1990. The life history of Chaetocneme denitza (Hewitson) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Pyrginae). Australian Entomological Magazine 17(4): 97-100 [97] (biology)
Waterhouse, G.A. & Lyell, G. 1914. The Butterflies of Australia: a monograph of the Australian Rhopalocera introducing a complete scheme of structural classification, and giving descriptions and illustrations of all the butterflies found in Australia, including a number now recorded for the first time. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 239 pp. 38 pls + 3 unnumbered colour pls. [Date published 25 July 1914] [220] (as Phoenicops denitza, description)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07-Mar-2024 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 04-Feb-2023 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 22-Dec-2023 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby (ANU) |
| 13-May-2022 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 26-Feb-2021 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 04-Jun-2020 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 06-Sep-2017 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 06-Sep-2017 | HESPERIIDAE | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Lyn Randall |
| 05-Mar-2013 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Apr-2011 | 05-Apr-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 05-Mar-2013 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED |