Species Brunia dorsalis (Walker, 1866)

Brunia dorsalis (Walker, 1866), male

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Museums

Regional Maps

• Lithosia dorsalis Walker, F. 1866. Supplement 5. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 35: 1534-2040 [incl. Summary and Index to parts 31-35] [1883].

  Type data:

   Status unknown.
• Brunia harpophora Meyrick, E. 1886. Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. I. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2-n.s. 1(3): 687-802 [701].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MMUS ♀ (Types not sighted), Cooktown, Cairns, Queensland.
• Ilema testacea louisiadensis Rothschild, L.W. 1912. New Lithosianae. Novitates Zoologicae 19: 212-246 [221].

  Type data:

   Status unknown.

Generic Combinations

• Ilema dorsalis (Walker, 1866). —
  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. [159]
• Manulea dorsalis (Walker, 1866). —
  Wallengren, H.D.J. 1863. Lepidopterologische Mittheilungen. Wiener Entomologische Monatschrift 7: 137-151 [145]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial, volant.

History of changes