Species Platyscopus moorei Evans, 1972

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• Platyscopus moorei Evans, J.W. 1972. Characteristics and relationships of the Penthimiinae and some new genera and new species from New Guinea and Australia; also new species of Drabescinae from New Guinea and Australia. Pacific Insects 14(1): 169-200 [196].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K69238 ♂ (coll.: K. Moore), Coolgardie, Western Australia.

 

Introduction

This may be a junior synonym of P. badius Evans which was described from Dedari, about 60 km to the west of Coolgardie. In describing this species, Evans (1972) did not provide a means by which the species could be differentiated.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Coolgardie (COO)

Ecological Descriptors

All stages: phloem feeder.

 

Diagnosis

Face of head concave, black. Crown with a median longitudinal ridge, longer than the pronotum and scutellum combined, narrowing progressively towards the apex, pale yellowish brown with black markings. Pronotum laterally wide, broadest posteriorly, pale yellowish brown with irregular brown markings anterolaterally. Scutellum black. Tegmen hyaline brown and white, apically and appendix black; veins dark brown and black. Length ♂ 6 mm (Evans 1972).

Evans (1972) also provided illustrations of the male genitalia.

 

Diagnosis References

Evans, J.W. 1972. Characteristics and relationships of the Penthimiinae and some new genera and new species from New Guinea and Australia; also new species of Drabescinae from New Guinea and Australia. Pacific Insects 14(1): 169-200 [196]

 

History of changes

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05-Dec-2019		13-Aug-2013	MODIFIED
05-Dec-2019		16-May-2012	MODIFIED
05-Dec-2019		01-Jun-2011	MOVED
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