Gnathifera eurybias ( Meyrick, 1897 )

Gaedike, Reinhard, 2018, New data on the taxonomy, distribution and host plants of Australian Epermeniidae (Lepidoptera: Epermenioidea), Zootaxa 4524 (1), pp. 33-50 : 35

Gnathifera eurybias ( Meyrick, 1897)

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Epermenia eurybias Meyrick, 1897: 429 ;

Ochromolopis eurybias ( Meyrick, 1897) : Gaedike 1968: 607, figs 10–12, 28a–28c;

Gnathifera eurybias ( Meyrick, 1897) : Gaedike 1978: 208.

Material studied. Australian Capital Territory: 2 ♂, 2 ♀, Black Mts, 27.viii.1949, 2.viii.1969, 5.x.1970, 24.x.1979, leg. I. F. B. Common, ANIC, SDEI, 2 ♀, 3km NE of Picadilly Circus, 1000m, 14.x., 24.xi.1971, leg. I. F. B. Common & E. D. Edwards, ANIC, New South Wales: 1 ♀, Putty, 1.ix.1973, leg. I. F. B. Common; ANIC; 1 ♂, 2 ♀, Barren Grounds Fauna Res., 11.x.1971; 30.i.1973; 22.xi.1974, leg. V. J. Robinson; ANIC; 1 ♂, Mt. Keira, 22.xi.1977, leg. V. J. Robinson; ANIC; 2 ♂, Minnamurra Falls, 2.v.1972, 29.iv.1973, leg. V. J. Robinson; ANIC; SDEI; 1 ♂, 2 ♀, 1 specimen without abdomen, 30°17'S, 150°120'S, Dawson Spring, Kaputar Nat. Park, 1362m, 14.ii.1980, leg. I. F. B. Common; ANIC; SDEI; 1 ♂, Wollongong, 19.xii.1976, leg. V. J. Robinson; 3 ♂, 7 ♀, CSIRO Exp. Fm., Wilton, 22.x.1972; 1., 15., 22.xii.1973; 22., 23.xii.1975, host: Exocarpos [nec: Exocarpus ], 9.ii.1976; 5.iii.1979; leg. V. J. Robinson; ANIC; SDEI; 1 ♀, Como West, 6.xi.1970, leg. L. Willan & V. J. Robinson; ANIC. Queensland: 1 ♀, 37°33'S, 151°59'E, Prince Henry Heights, 620m, Toowoomba, 26.i.1983, leg. I. F. B. Common; ANIC; 1 ♂, Toowoomba, 12.i.1967, leg. I. F. B. Common; ANIC. South Australia: 1 ♂, 4 ♀, Willunga Hill, emerged ex Exocarpos cupressiform e, [nec: Exocarpus cupressiformis ] 2., 3., 8., 29.vii.1967, leg. J. O. Wilson; ANIC; SDEI; 1 ♂, Blackwood, 28.iii.1935, leg. J. O. Wilson; ANIC. Tasmania: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Burnie, NW Tasmania, 31.i.1978, leg. P. B. McQuillan; ANIC; 1 ♀, Claremont, 27.x.1977, leg. P. B. McQuillan; ANIC; 2 ♂, 1 ♀, Mt. Nelson, 200m, 14., 20.i., February 1981, leg. P. B. McQuillan; ANIC; SDEI. Victoria: 1 ♀, E of Melbourne, Gembrook Gilwell Park, S37°26', E145°39', 10.iii.2013, leg. A. Kallies; P. Marriott; M. Hewish & T. Simmons; SDEI; 1 ♀, Alpine NP, Cobberas area, 38°89,5'S, 148°09'E, 6.-7.i.2010, leg. A. Kallies; coll. Kallies.

Distribution. Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland (first record), Tasmania ( Gaedike, 1972), South Australia, Victoria ( Gaedike, 1968).

Bionomics. New host plant Exocarpos cupressiforme Labill.

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. Adults. 1, Gnathifera aphronesa, ♀, Tasmania, Port Arthur, 17.ix.1979, leg. P. B. McQuillan; genitalia slide Gaedike Nr. 9145, SDEI. 2, Gnathifera pseudaphronesa, ♀, CSIRO Exp. Fm., Wilton, N.S.W., 11.x.1977, leg. V. J. Robinson, genitalia slide Gaedike Nr. 9164, ANIC. 3, Gnathifera eurybias, ♀, 30°17'S, 150°120'S, Dawson Spring, Kaputar Nat. Park, N.S.W., 1362m, 14.ii.1980, leg. I. F. B. Common, ANIC. 4, Gnathifera opsias, ♂, Tasmania, 42°55'29"S, 147°20'38"E, Mt. Nelson Nat. Res., 330m, 7–12.ii.2009, leg. L. Kaila & J. Kullberg, SDEI. 5, Gnathifera bidentella, ♂, 23°12'S, 150°47'E, 10km SSE of Yepoon, Q., 13.viii.1983, leg. I. F. B. Common, genitalia slide Gaedike Nr. 9200, ANIC. 6, Gnathifera australica, ♀, 23°14'S, 150°49'E, 13km SSE of Yeppoon, Q., 26.viii.1983, leg. I. F. B. Common, genitalia slide Gaedike Nr. 9257, ANIC.