Ecnomus larakia Cartwright 1990

Cartwright, David I. & Dostine, Peter, 2022, Five new species and new records of caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera) from Australia’s ‘ Top End’, Zootaxa 5138 (3), pp. 283-304 : 296

Ecnomus larakia Cartwright 1990

Ecnomus larakia Cartwright 1990: 25 , figs 77, 78.

Material examined. Northern Territory. 1 male (DC313), Pethericks Ck , 6–7 Jun 2015 , P. Dostine ( MVM); 1 male, Amy Ck , 17 May 2015 , P. Dostine; 3 males, same loc. and coll., 15 Jun 2015; 1 male, Gulunjul Ck , d/s monitoring stn, 27 Apr 2017 , P. Dostine; 8 males, Sandy Billabong , 26 May 2017 , P. Dostine; 1 male, Gulungul Billabong , 18 Aug 2017 , P. Dostine; 39 males, same loc. and coll., 30 May 2019; 1 male, Magela Ck , site 1, 28 Jun 2017 , P. Dostine; 1 male, same loc. and coll., 7 Jun 2019; 2 males, Magela Ck , site 2, 13 Sep 2017 , P. Dostine; 10 males, Georgetown Billabong , 22 Aug 2017 , P. Dostine; 3 males, Gunlom Falls , pool, 30 Jul 2018 , P. Dostine (all FFD).

Remarks. This species was previously recorded from many localities in the NT, one site in northern WA, and two sites in northern Queensland ( Cartwright 1990). Ecnomus larakia is recorded from a further nine sites in the NT.