Gnathifera aphronesa ( 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 : 34

Gnathifera aphronesa ( Meyrick, 1897)

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Epermenia aphronesa Meyrick, 1897: 431 ;

Ochromolopis aphronesa ( Meyrick, 1897) : Gaedike 1968: 603, figs 4–6, 23a–23c;

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

Material studied. Australian Capital Territory: 1 ♂, 1 specimen without abdomen, 3km NE of Picadilly Circus , 1000 m, 14.x.1971, leg. I. F. B. Common & E. D. Edwards, ANIC . New South Wales: 2 ♀, CSIRO Exp. Fm. Wilton , 10.ix.1970, 12.ix.1974, leg. V. J. Robinson, ANIC . South Australia: 2 ♀, 35°00'S, 138°38'E, Belair Nat. Pk. , 6.v.1999, leg. L. Kaila, ANIC . 1 specimen without abdomen, Mt. Lofty Rgs , collection date unreadable, leg. J. O. Wilson, ANIC . Tasmania: 2 ♀, Port Arthur , 17.ix.1979, leg. P. B. McQuillan, ANIC, SDEI .

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

Bionomics. The early stages and host plants are unknown.

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.