Species Phyllodes imperialis H. Druce, 1888

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• Phyllodes imperialis Druce,H. 1888. Descriptions of new Species of Lepidoptera, chiefly from Central America. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 2: 234-242 [241].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown, Aola, Guadalcanal [Isatabu], Solomon Islands.

Introduction

Nominate subspecies P. i. imperialis recorded from Solomon Islands and Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, with a fourth subspecies P. i. dealbata Holloway 1979, from New Caledonia. See Sands (2012) for details.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Wet Tropics (WT)

General References

Sands, D. P. A. 2012. Review of Australian Phyllodes imperialis Druce (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) with description of a new subspecies from subtropical Australia. Australian Entomologist 39(4): 281-292

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