Species Scoliacma nana (Walker, 1854)

Scoliacma nana (Walker, 1854), male

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Scoliacma nana (Walker, 1854), female

© Copyright David Britton, Australian Museum

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lithosia nana Walker, F. 1854. Lepidoptera Heterocera. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 2: 279-581 [507].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, Moreton Bay (Queensland).
• Scoliacma orthotoma Meyrick, E. 1886. Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. I. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2-n.s. 1(3): 687-802 [696].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) SAMA 31-002229 ♂, Melbourne, Victoria.
• Tigrioides spilarcha Meyrick, E. 1886. Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. I. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2-n.s. 1(3): 687-802 [699].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH ♂, ♀, Sydney, New South Wales.
• Scoliacma orthothoma Strand, E. 1922. Arctiidae: Subfam. Lithosiinae. Lepidopterorum Catalogus 26: 501-899 [512] [subsequent misspelling].

Generic Combinations

• Pusiola nana (Walker, 1854). —
  Hampson, G.F. 1900. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Arctiadae (Nolinae, Lithosianae) in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 2 xx 589 pp. [119]
• Tigrioides nana (Walker, 1854). —
  Meyrick, E. 1886. Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. I. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2-n.s. 1(3): 687-802 [698]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial, volant.

History of changes