Species Orthotrichia conferta Wells, 1983

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• Orthotrichia conferta Wells, A. 1983. New species in the Australian Hydroptilidae (Trichoptera), with observations on relationships and distributions. Australian Journal of Zoology 31: 629-649 [Date published 7 Aug. 1983] [634].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV T-9526 ♂, Wellington River, 17 km N of Licola, VIC.
  Paratype(s) NMV ♀.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), 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)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: purse case maker, volant.

Larva: lotic freshwater.

Pupa: lotic freshwater.

Extra Ecological Information

On undersurfaces of rocks and cobbles.

General References

Wells, A. 1985. Larvae and pupae of Australian Hydroptilidae (Trichoptera), with observations on general biology and relationships. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 113: 1-69 [Date published 31 Oct. 1985] (larva, pupa, case)

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