Elachista synethes Meyrick, 1897

Kaila, Lauri, 2019, An annotated catalogue of Elachistinae of the World (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae), Zootaxa 4632 (1), pp. 1-231 : 129

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scientific name

Elachista synethes Meyrick, 1897
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Elachista synethes Meyrick, 1897 View in CoL

Elachista synethes Meyrick, 1897: 333 View in CoL . Type locality: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney ( Meyrick 1897: 333). Lectotype ♂ designated by Kaila (2011a: 219), in NHMUK.

Elachista aphanta Turner, 1923: 75 View in CoL . Type locality: Australia, Queensland, Brisbane, Goodna. Holotype ♂, in ANIC. Synonymized by Kaila (2011a: 430).

Lithocollectis scythrodes Turner, 1947: 71. Type locality: Australia, South Australia, Adelaide, Mount Lofty. Holotype ♂, in ANIC. Synonymized by Kaila (2011a: 430).

Cosmiotes synethes: Common (1990: 244) View in CoL .

Subgenus: Elachista View in CoL ; freyerella View in CoL species group.

Distribution: Australasian. Australia (Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Norfolk Island, South Australia, Tasmania, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia), New Zealand. Neotropical. Chile (adventive).

Larval host plant(s): Bromus catharticus M. Vahl , Holcus mollis L., Echinopogon sp. ( Poaceae ) Kaila (2011a).

Figs.: Kaila (2011a), Gonçalves et al. (2015).

Remarks: Bradley (1956: 152) and Dugdale (1988: 111) considered E. synethes a synonym of E. archaeonoma Meyrick, 1888 . Examination of the type material of these species (L. Kaila, personal observation) shows that they are distinct, E. archaeonoma belonging to the E. freyerella subgroup of the E. freyerella group, E. synethes to the E. synethes subgroup of the E. freyerella group, according to the classification of Kaila (2011a).

Bradley, J. D. (1956) Records and descriptions of Microlepidoptera from Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island collected by the British Museum (Natural History) Rennell island expedition. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), 4 (4), 146 - 164.

Common, I. F. B. (1990) Moths of Australia. Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 535 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1071 / 9780643101227

Dugdale, J. S. (1988) Lepidoptera-annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa. Fauna of New Zealand, 14, 1 - 264.

Goncalves, G. L., Pires Moreira, G. R., Brito, R. & Vargas, H. A. (2015) Stranger in a known land: Bayesian analysis confirms the presence of an Australian leaf miner in the Chilean Atacama Desert. Bioinvasions Records, 4, 67 - 73. https: // doi. org / 10.3391 / bir. 2015.4.1.11

Kaila, L. (2011 a) Elachistine moths of Australia (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae). Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Vol. 11. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, x + 443 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1071 / 9780643103481

Meyrick, E. (1897) Descriptions of Australian Microlepidoptera. XVII. Elachistidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 22, 297 - 435. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 12726

Turner, A. J. (1923) New Australian Micro-Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 36, 58 - 81.

Turner, A. J. (1947) Contributions to our knowledge of Australian Microlepidoptera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland, 57, 65 - 74.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

SuperFamily

Gelechioidea

Family

Elachistidae

SubFamily

Elachistinae

Genus

Elachista