Species Palaeosia bicosta (Walker, 1854)

Palaeosia bicosta (Walker, 1854), male

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Museums

Regional Maps

• Lithosia bicosta Walker, F. 1854. Lepidoptera Heterocera. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 2: 279-581 [506].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, Sydney.
• Lithosia fraterna Butler, A.G. 1877. On Lepidoptera of the family Lithosiidae, in the collection of the British Museum. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1877: 325-377 [349].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH ♀, Hobart, Tasmania.

Generic Combinations

• Palaeosia bicosta (Walker, 1854). —
  Hampson, G.F. 1900. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Arctiadae (Nolinae, Lithosianae) in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 2 xx 589 pp. [227]

Distribution

States

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

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial, volant.

History of changes