Species Podacanthus wilkinsoni Macleay, 1882

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• Podacanthus wilkinsoni Macleay, W.J. 1882. On a species of the Phasmatidae destructive to eucalypti. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 6: 536-539 [538].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ANIC ♂ adult, Jenolan Caves (as Binda Caves), NSW.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Key, K.H.L. 1960. Proposed addition of certain generic and specific names in the family Phasmatidae (Class Insecta, Order Phasmatodea) to the Official Lists and Indexes. Z.N. (S) 1167. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 17: 235-240 [235].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, herbivore.

Extra Ecological Information

Male and female volant.

General References

Froggatt, W.W. 1905. Notes on stick or leaf insects, with an account of Podacanthus wilkinsoni as a forest pest, and the spiny leaf insect Extatosoma tiaratum, in the orchard. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 16: 515-520 (pest status)

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