Gnathifera australica ( Gaedike, 1968 )

Gaedike, Reinhard, 2018, New data on the taxonomy, distribution and host plants of Australian Epermeniidae (Lepidoptera: Epermenioidea), Zootaxa 4524 (1), pp. 33-50 : 36

Gnathifera australica ( Gaedike, 1968)

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Ochromolopis australica Gaedike, 1968: 610 , figs 18–20, 29a–29c;

Gnathifera australica ( Gaedike, 1968) : Gaedike, 1978: 208.

Material studied. Queensland: 1 ♀, 23°14'S, 150°49'E, 13km SSE of Yeppoon , 26.viii.1983, leg. I. F. B .

Common, ANIC, 1 ♀, 23°12'S, 150°46'E, 10 km SSE of Yeppoon, 8.ix.1981, leg. I. F. B. Common, SDEI. Distribution. New South Wales ( Gaedike, 1968), Queensland (first record). Bionomics. The early stages and host plants are unknown.

The genitalia structure of the following six species G. bipunctata , G. luridicapitella sp. nov., G. queenslandi , G. acacivorella , G. fuscostriata sp. nov. and G. robinsoni sp. nov. shows a characteristic similarity in the shape of valva: subapically with a rod-shaped or digital strong sclerotized process, with rounded or with pointed tip. These species are grouped into a separate species-group.

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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.