Species Synemon laeta Walker, 1854
- Synemon laeta Walker, F. 1854. Lepidoptera Heterocera. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 1: 1-278 [36].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH ♀, Australia. - Synemon vagans Westwood, J.O. 1877. A monograph of the Lepidopterous genus Castnia and some allied groups. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 2nd Series Zoology 1: 155-207, pls 28-33 [198].
Type data:
Holotype OUM ♂, Australia (as 'Nova Hollandia').
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Edwards, E. D. 1996. Castniidae. 138 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM. [138]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Larval foodplant: Lomandra longifolia, L. confertifolia (Xanthorrhoeaceae).
History of changes
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