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
South Australia, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Ranges (CR), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Ecological Descriptors
Larva feeding underground on rhizomes and roots. Larval foodplant: Lepidosperma carphoides (Cyperaceae).
General References
Grund, R. & Stolarski, A. 2012. Taxonomy and biology of Synemon discalis Strand and S. parthenoides R. Felder (Lepidoptera: Castniidae) in South Australia. Australian Entomologist 39(3): 121-160 [124]
Tindale, N.B. 1928. Preliminary note on the life history of Synemon (Lepidoptera, Fam. Castniidae). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 4: 143-144 [143]
History of changes
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- Synemon parthenoides Felder, R. & Rogenhofer, A.F. 1874. [1874-1875]. Lepidoptera. Heterocera. Noctuida. Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859. (Zoologischer Theil). Wien. Band 2 (Abtheilung 2). [pl. 79, Figs 7, 8].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH ♀, Adelaide, SA. - Synemon partita Strand, E. 1911. Castniidae. 1-4, pls 1, 9 in Seitz, A. (ed.). The Macrolepidoptera of the World. 10. Bombyces and Sphinges of the Indo-Australian Region. 2 vols. Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Verlag 909 pp., 100 pls. [1].
Type data:
Holotype ♀, Australia.
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.
Distribution
States
South Australia, Victoria
IBRA
SA, Vic: Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Victorian Midlands (VM)
General References
Grund, R. & Stolarski, A. 2012. Taxonomy and biology of Synemon discalis Strand and S. parthenoides R. Felder (Lepidoptera: Castniidae) in South Australia. Australian Entomologist 39(3): 121-160 (distribution and immatures)
History of changes
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- Synemon parthenoides valma Grund, R. & Stolarski, A. 2012. Taxonomy and biology of Synemon discalis Strand and S. parthenoides R. Felder (Lepidoptera: Castniidae) in South Australia. Australian Entomologist 39(3): 121-160 [137].
Type data:
Holotype ♂, South Australia, Yorke Peninsula, Hardwicke Bay.
Paratype(s) 10♂ 5♀.
Distribution
States
South Australia
IBRA
SA: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 28-Feb-2013 | ADDED |