Species Thalatha melaleuca Hampson, 1908
- Thalatha melaleuca Hampson, G.F. 1908. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Noctuidae in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 7 xv 709 pp., 1 folded page. [48, pl. 124, fig. 2] [replacement name for Tarache kebeae Bethune-Baker, 1906].
- Tarache kebeae Bethune-Baker, G.T. 1906. New Noctuidae from British New Guinea. Novitates Zoologicae 13: 191-287 [208] [junior secondary homonym of Diphthera kebeae Bethune-Baker, 1906].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH, Kebea Range, British New Guinea, [Papua New Guinea]. - Molvena hieroglyphica Turner, A.J. 1920. Revision of the Australian Noctuidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 44: 120-189 [144].
Type data:
Holotype NMV ♂, Claudie River, QLD.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Distribution
States
Queensland
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)
General References
Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds) 1996. Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM. [378: Note #714] (Tarache kebeae Bethune-Baker, 1906 and Diphthera kebeae Bethune-Baker, 1906 were published simultaneously. They were united in the genus Thalatha Walker by Hampson (1909) who, as first reviser, considered Diphthera kebeae Bethune-Baker the senior secondary homonym of Tarache kebeae Berhune-Baker)
History of changes
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