Species Zelotechna hirax (Meyrick, 1883)
- Palparia hirax Meyrick, E. 1883. Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera. VIII. Oecophoridae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 7(4): 415-547 [427].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂, Parramatta, NSW (in the original description Meyrick recorded Sydney as the type locality but his diary gave Parramatta, NSW).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), 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), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult recorded from Melaleuca sp. (Myrtaceae) Meyrick in the description of the species stated that the holotype was beaten from Eucalyptus sp. (Myrtaceae) but this does not accord with Meyrick's own diary where he recorded it from Melaleuca sp. (Myrtaceae).
History of changes
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