Species Proteuxoa melodora (Lower, 1902)
- Prometopus melodora Lower, O.B. 1902. Descriptions of new Australian Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 26: 639-671 [Date published 20 May 1902: the journal issue was scheduled for 1901] [645].
Type data:
Syntype(s) SAMA ♀ ♂, Broken Hill, NSW; Parkside, SA. - Prometopus malacopis Lower, O.B. 1902. Descriptions of new genera and species of Australian Lepidoptera. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 26: 212-247 [221].
Type data:
Syntype(s) SAMA ♀ ♂, Broken Hill, NSW; Parkside and Exeter, SA; Birchip and Stawell, VIC. - Ariathisa celaenica Turner, A.J. 1911. Studies in Australian Lepidoptera. Annals of the Queensland Museum 10: 59-135 [68].
Type data:
Holotype NMV ♀, Sea Lake, VIC. - Dinoprora stalidosema Turner, A.J. 1931. Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. Supplementary. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 56: 325-344 [339].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ANIC ♀ ♂, Bourke and Broken Hill, NSW.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
General References
Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds) 1996. Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM. [379: Note #722] (Proteuxoa melodora (Lower, 1902) and P. malacopis (Lower, 1902) were published simultaneously. Priority was given to P. melodora (Lower) by Hampson (1909) as first reviser)
History of changes
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