Species Termessa nivosa (Walker, 1865)

Termessa nivosa (Walker, 1865)

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Museums

Regional Maps

• Lerna nivosa Walker, F. 1865. Supplement 3. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 33: 707-1120 [803].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 58-124 ♀, Australia.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Meyrick, E. 1886. Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. I. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2-n.s. 1(3): 687-802 [710]

Generic Combinations

• Castulo nivosa (Walker, 1865). —
  Hampson, G.F. 1900. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Arctiadae (Nolinae, Lithosianae) in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 2 xx 589 pp. [523]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial, volant.

History of changes