Gaedikermenia epispora ( Meyrick, 1897 ) Gaedike, 2018

Gaedike, Reinhard, 2018, New data on the taxonomy, distribution and host plants of Australian Epermeniidae (Lepidoptera: Epermenioidea), Zootaxa 4524 (1), pp. 33-50 : 46-47

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4524.1.2

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5982810

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scientific name

Gaedikermenia epispora ( Meyrick, 1897 )
status

comb. nov.

Gaedikermenia epispora ( Meyrick, 1897) , comb. nov.

( Fig. 20 View FIGURES 19–21 )

Epermenia epispora Meyrick, 1897: 430 ;

Genus? epispora Meyrick, 1897 : Gaedike 1968: 625, figs 59–61, 64a–b.

Material studied. New South Wales: 1 ♂, 5km SSE of Port Macquarie, 14 May 1975, leg. I. F. B. Common, ANIC; Queensland: 1♂, 27°33'S, 151°59'E, Prince Henry Heights, 620m, Toowomba, 31 Dec. 1962, leg. I. F. B. Common, ANIC GoogleMaps .

Distribution. Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland ( Gaedike, 1968).

Bionomics. The early stages and host plants are unknown.

Gaedike, R. (1968) Revision der Epermeniidae Australiens und Ozeaniens (Lepidoptera: Epermeniidae). Pacific Insects, 10 (3 / 4), 599 - 627, 69 figs.

Meyrick, E. (1897) Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera. XVII. Elachistidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of N. S. Wales, 22, 297 - 435.

Gallery Image

FIGURES 19–21. Adults. 19, Gaedikermenia australica, paratype ♀, 13°44'S, 143°20'E, Golden Nugget Ck Camp Site, Mcllwraith Ra., Q[ueensland], 420m, 29 Jun[e] 1989, [leg.] Nielsen, Edwards & Horak, ANIC. 20, Gaedikermenia epispora, ♂, 27°33'S, 151°59'E, Prince Henry Heights, 620 m, Toowomba, Q., 31 Dec. 1962, leg. I. F. B. Common, genitalia slide Gaedike Nr. 9190, ANIC. 21, Gaedikermenia parasitica, ♂, 26°41'S, 153°04'E, Buderim Qld, 16 Oct 1975, leg. I. F. B. Common, genitalia slide Gaedike Nr. 9247, ANIC.

ANIC

Australian National Insect Collection

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

SuperFamily

Epermenioidea

Family

Epermeniidae

SubFamily

Epermeniinae

Genus

Gaedikermenia

SubGenus

Epermenia