Species Synemon selene Klug, 1850
- Synemon selene Klug, [J.C.F.] 1850. Über die Lepidopteren-Gattung Synemon. Nebst einem Nachtrage über Castniae. Abhandlungen der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Berlin 1848: 245-257, l pl. [249].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMB ♂ ♀, Adelaide, SA. - Synemon adelaida Swinhoe, C. 1892. Catalogue of eastern and Australian Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the Oxford University Museum. Part 1. Sphinges and Bombyces. Oxford : Claredon Press viii+324 pp., 8 pls. [154].
Type data:
Syntype(s) OUM ♂ ♀, Adelaide, SA.
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
Larval foodplant: Austrodanthonia setacea (Poaceae) (Fabian Douglas pers. comm.).
General References
Grund, R., Stolarski, A. & Stevens, M 2019. Rediscovery of Synemon selene (Lepidoptera: Castniidae) in the mid-north of South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 143(1): 86-91
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29-Nov-2016 | Synemon Doubleday, 1846 | 13-Dec-2019 | MODIFIED | |
| 27-May-2016 | 29-Sep-2015 | MODIFIED | ||
| 08-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED |