Species Termessa shepherdi Newman, 1856

Termessa shepherdi Newman, 1856, male

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Museums

Regional Maps

• Termessa shepherdi Newman, E. 1856. Characters of a few Australian Lepidoptera, collected by Mr. Thomas R. Oxley. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 2 3(8): 281-300, pl. 18 [Date published April 1856] [285].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH ♀, Australia.
• Termessa sheperdi Seitz, A. 1914. Arctiidae, Tiger moths; Lithosiinae, Lichen-moths [Darantoides-Scaphidriotis]. Pp. 118-134, pls 10, 11, 13, 18 in Seitz, A. (ed.). [1913-1914]. The Macrolepidoptera of the World. 10. Bombyces and Sphinges of the Indo-Australian Region. 2. Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Verlag. [130] [subsequent misspelling].

Generic Combinations

• Castulo shepherdi (Newman, 1856). —
  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. [525]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Moonbi Ranges, NSW, south to Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial, volant.

History of changes