Species Perixestis rhizophaga (Turner, 1902)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Xylorycta rhizophaga Turner, A.J. 1902. New Australian Lepidoptera. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 26: 175-207 [194].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Townsville, Qld.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Larva boring in butt and root of foodplant. Larval foodplant: Persoonia falcata (Proteaceae).

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Jun-2024	GELECHIOIDEA	19-Aug-2022	MODIFIED	Dr Cathy Byrne (TMAG) Ms Eileen Lee (TMAG)
		29-Sep-2015	MODIFIED