Subspecies Synemon parthenoides parthenoides R. Felder, 1874

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• Synemon parthenoides Felder, R. & Rogenhofer, A.F. 1874. [1874-1875]. Lepidoptera. Heterocera. Noctuida. Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859. (Zoologischer Theil). Wien. Band 2 (Abtheilung 2). [pl. 79, Figs 7, 8].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH ♀, Adelaide, SA.
• Synemon partita Strand, E. 1911. Castniidae. 1-4, pls 1, 9 in Seitz, A. (ed.). The Macrolepidoptera of the World. 10. Bombyces and Sphinges of the Indo-Australian Region. 2 vols. Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Verlag 909 pp., 100 pls. [1].

  Type data:

   Holotype ♀, Australia.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Edwards, E. D. 1996. Castniidae. 138 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.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

SA, Vic: Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Victorian Midlands (VM)

General References

Grund, R. & Stolarski, A. 2012. Taxonomy and biology of Synemon discalis Strand and S. parthenoides R. Felder (Lepidoptera: Castniidae) in South Australia. Australian Entomologist 39(3): 121-160 (distribution and immatures)

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