Species Orthotrichia alata Wells, 1990

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• Orthotrichia alata Wells, A. 1990. New species and a new genus of microcaddisfly from northern Australia, including the first Australian record of the tribe Stactobiini (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 114: 107-128 [123, figs 41, 42, 48, 49].

  Type data:

   Holotype NTM ♂, NT, Kambolgie Creek [13°32'S 132°23'E].
  Paratype(s) NTM 2♂, NT, Kakadu National Park, Radon Springs [12°45'S 132°55'E]; NMV 5♂, NT, Kakadu National Park, Radon Springs [12°45'S 132°55'E]; NTM ♂, NT, South Alligator River, Gimbat Station; NTM 10♂, NT, Graveside Creek; NMV ♂, NT, Creek 5 km W of OSS Gimbat Station.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), 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: lotic freshwater.

Extra Ecological Information

Case with lateral flanges or 'wings'.

History of changes