Species Perthida glyphopa Common, 1969
Jarrah Leaf Miner
- Perthida glyphopa Common, I.F.B. 1969. A new genus Perthida for the Western Australian jarrah leaf miner P. glyphopa sp.n. and Tinea phoenicopa Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Incurvariidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 8: 126-130 [128].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂, Perry Lakes, Perth, WA.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Larva mining in leaves. Larval foodplant: Eucalyptus marginata (Jarrah) and E. rudis (Myrtaceae).
Common Name References
Common, I.F.B. 1969. A new genus Perthida for the Western Australian jarrah leaf miner P. glyphopa sp.n. and Tinea phoenicopa Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Incurvariidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 8: 126-130 [126] (Jarrah Leaf Miner)
History of changes
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