Species Tigrioides alterna (Walker, 1854)

Tigrioides alterna (Walker, 1854)

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Museums

Regional Maps

• Setina alterna Walker, F. 1854. Lepidoptera Heterocera. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 2: 279-581 [520].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH ♂, "New Holland" (Australia).
• Lithosia histrionica Herrich-Schäffer, G.A.W. 1855 [1850-1869]. Sammlung neuer oder wenig bekannter aussereuropäischer Schmetterlinge. Regensburg : G.J. Manz 84 +4 pp, 100 +28 pls.

  Type data:

   Status unknown.
• Lithosia transversa Walker, F. 1865. Supplement 1. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 31: 1-321 [Part 31 dated 1864 but published 11 February, 1865] [229].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, S. Australia.

Generic Combinations

• Lexis alterna (Walker, 1854). —
  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. [117]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial, volant.

History of changes