Species Telanepsia scatophila Common & Horak, 1994
- Telanepsia scatophila Common, I.F.B. & Horak, M. 1994. Four new species of Telanepsia Turner (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) with larvae feeding on koala and possum scats. Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 809-828 [816].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂, Tantawangalo State Forest, NSW.
Distribution
States
New South Wales
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)
Ecological Descriptors
Larva in mammal scat. Larval food: scat of Phascolarctos cinereus—Koala.
History of changes
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| 29-Sep-2015 | MODIFIED |