Species Thallarcha sparsana (Walker, 1863)

Thallarcha sparsana (Walker, 1863), female

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Museums

Regional Maps

• Conchylis sparsana Walker, F. 1863. Tortricites & Tineites. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 28: 287-561 [369].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, Moreton Bay (Queensland).
• Pallene gracilis Butler, A.G. 1877. On Lepidoptera of the family Lithosiidae, in the collection of the British Museum. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1877: 325-377 [376].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH ♂, Sydney.
• Thallarcha sparsana sparsanoides Strand, E. 1922. Arctiidae: Subfam. Lithosiinae. Lepidopterorum Catalogus 26: 501-899 [829] [the infraspecific name proposed by Strand (1922) does not appear to have a type(s) associated with it].
• Thallarcha sparsana sparsanella Strand, E. 1922. Arctiidae: Subfam. Lithosiinae. Lepidopterorum Catalogus 26: 501-899 [829] [the infraspecific name proposed by Strand (1922) does not appear to have a type(s) associated with it].

Generic Combinations

• Thallarcha sparsana (Walker, 1863). —
  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. [502]
• Comarchis sparsana (Walker, 1863). —
  Meyrick, E. 1886. Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. I. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2-n.s. 1(3): 687-802 [744]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial, volant.

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