Species Termessa xanthomelas Lower, 1892
Termessa xanthomelas (Lower, 1892), male
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Species Termessa xanthomelas Lower, 1892
- Termessa xanthomelas Lower, O.B. 1892. Descriptions of New South Australian Lepidoptera. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 15: 5-17 [6].
- Termessa terpnodes Turner, A.J. 1940. A revision of the Australian Arctiidae (Lepidoptera). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 51: 51-131 [113].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ANIC ♂ (description refers to specimens from Milmerran and Injune), Queensland.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Edwards, E.D. 1996. Arctiidae. pp.278-286 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM. [279]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: terrestrial, volant.
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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