Species Thema macroscia (Meyrick, 1889)
- Pleurota macroscia Meyrick, E. 1889. Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera. XV. Oecophoridae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2-n.s. 3(4): 1565-1703 [year of publication not confirmed] [1651].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♂, Bathurst, NSW.Subsequent designation references:
Common, I.F.B. 1997. Oecophorine genera of Australia. II. The Chezala, Philobota and Eulechria groups (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae). Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera 5: i-xvi, 1-407 [177].
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
ACT, 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 dead leaf litter. Larval foodplant: dead leaves of Cassinia sp. (Asteraceae).
History of changes
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