Genus Abantiades Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
- Abantiades Herrich-Schäffer, G.A.W. 1855. Systematischer Bearbeitung, &c. dessen neuen Schmetterlingen aus Europa, &c. dann der von Hübner abgebildeten Raupen, &c. Regensburg Vol. 1. [Date published June] [5].
Type species:
Epiolus hyalinatus Herrich-Schäffer, 1853 by subsequent designation, see Kirby, W.F. 1892. A Synonymic Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera (moths). Sphinges and Bombyces. London : Gurney & Jackson Vol. 1 xii 951 pp. [894]. - Pielus Walker, F. 1856. Lepidoptera Heterocera. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 7: 1508-1808 [incl. Index to parts 1-7] [published May 1856] [1549].
Type species:
Cossus labyrinthicus Donovan, 1805 by subsequent designation, see Kirby, W.F. 1892. A Synonymic Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera (moths). Sphinges and Bombyces. London : Gurney & Jackson Vol. 1 xii 951 pp. [893]. - Rhizopsyche Scott, 1864 [invalid name; unavail. publ. syn.].
- Trictena Meyrick, E. 1890. Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2-n.s. 4(4): 1117-1216 [year of publication not confirmed] [1135].
Type species:
Pielus atripalpis Walker, 1856 (=Pielus atripalpis Walker, 1856) by monotypy.Secondary source:
Simonsen, T.J. 2018. Splendid ghost moths and their allies in Australia : A Revision of Australian Abantiades, Oncopera, Aenetus, Archaeoaenetus and Zelotypia (Hepialidae). Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Clayton South, Victoria, Australia : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 12 312 pp. [Date published 1/3/2018] [51]. - Bordaia Tindale, N.B. 1932. Revision of the Australian ghost moths (Lepidoptera Homoneura, Family Hepialidae). Part I. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 4: 497-536 [507].
Type species:
Bordaia pica Tindale, 1932 by original designation.Secondary source:
Simonsen, T.J. 2018. Splendid ghost moths and their allies in Australia : A Revision of Australian Abantiades, Oncopera, Aenetus, Archaeoaenetus and Zelotypia (Hepialidae). Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Clayton South, Victoria, Australia : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 12 312 pp. [Date published 1/3/2018] [51].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Tindale, N.B. 1932. Revision of the Australian ghost moths (Lepidoptera Homoneura, Family Hepialidae). Part I. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 4: 497-536 [510]
- Nielsen, E.S., Robinson, G.S. & Wagner, D.L. 2000. Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera). Journal of Natural History 34(823–878) [856]
- Simonsen, T.J. 2018. Splendid ghost moths and their allies in Australia : A Revision of Australian Abantiades, Oncopera, Aenetus, Archaeoaenetus and Zelotypia (Hepialidae). Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Clayton South, Victoria, Australia : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 12 312 pp. [Date published 1/3/2018]
Introduction
Simonsen (2018) produced a new diagnosis for the genus. Simonsen et al. (2019) tested DNA barcodes against morphology of ‘tripectinate Abantiades’.
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
General References
Simonsen, T.J. 2018. Splendid ghost moths and their allies in Australia : A Revision of Australian Abantiades, Oncopera, Aenetus, Archaeoaenetus and Zelotypia (Hepialidae). Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Clayton South, Victoria, Australia : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 12 312 pp. [Date published 1/3/2018] [54]
Simonsen, T.J., Moore, M.D., Dupont, S.T. & Stevens, M.I. 2019. Testing DNA barcodes against morphology for the ‘tripectinate Abantiades’ (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) reveals a complex relationship between COI sequence data and morphology. Austral Entomology
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07-Mar-2024 | COELOLEPIDA | 06-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Cathy Byrne Ms Eileen Lee |
| 04-Aug-2021 | HEPIALIDAE | 20-May-2021 | MODIFIED | |
| 26-Jun-2017 | GLOSSATA | 12-Apr-2019 | MODIFIED | |
| 26-Jun-2017 | 17-Nov-2015 | MOVED | ||
| 26-Jun-2017 | HEPIALIDAE | 29-Sep-2015 | MODIFIED | |
| 08-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED |