Species Tamasia variegata Mosely, 1936

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• Tamasia variegata Mosely, M.E. 1936. Tasmanian Trichoptera or Caddis-flies. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1936: 395-424 [401].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Miena, Great Lake, TAS.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

SE QLD.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: lotic freshwater, tube case maker.

Extra Ecological Information

Case of small sand grains, in fast flowing streams.

 

General References

Chessman, B.C. 1986. Dietary studies of aquatic insects from two Victorian rivers. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 37: 129-146 [Date published 9 May 1986]

Mosely, M.E. & Kimmins, D.E. 1953. The Trichoptera (Caddis-flies) of Australia and New Zealand. London : British Museum (Natural History) 550 pp. [Date published 6 Feb. 1953]

Neboiss, A. 1981. Tasmanian Caddis-flies. Fauna of Tasmania Handbook No. 4. Hobart : Univ. Tasmania 180 pp.

Neboiss, A. 1984. Four new caddis-fly species from Victoria (Trichoptera: Insecta). Victorian Naturalist 101: 86-91 [Date published Apr. 1984] (distribution)

 

History of changes

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