Toowoomba dialeuca (Turner, 1940)

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Permalink:	CYPHDIAL
Higher taxa:	Gracillariidae (family)/  Ornixolinae (subfamily)/  Toowoomba (genus)/  Toowoomba (subgenus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Turner, 1940)
Citation:	Cyphosticha dialeuca n. sp.
Original genus:	Cyphosticha
Publication:	Turner, A. J. 1940. A revision of the Australian Gracilariidae [sic] (Lepidoptera).
Journal:	Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia
Volume:	64
Issue:	1
Pagination:	55
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41572671

Toowoomba dialeuca (1)

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Taxonomic note:

Transferred to Toowoomba by De Prins et al. (2025: 265)

De Prins, J., Hartley, D., Sruoga, J., Nicholls, J., Wallace, J. & Zwick, A. 2025. Diversity of Australian Ornixolinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) with taxonomic and nomenclatural acts within the related taxa (Acrocercopinae and Gracillariinae) based on the evidence of museomics, bionomics, and mitogenomics.

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Toowoomba dialeuca (Turner, 1940)	Lectotype	♂	ANIC	Australia, Queensland, Dunk Island, 25.v.1928, ‘Cyphosticha dialeuca Turn’., HOLOTYPE Cyphosticha dialeuca Turn., ANIC Database No 31 075717, DNA sample NULT023231.	Australia	Australia, North Queensland, Dunk Island.	De Prins, J., Hartley, D., Sruoga, J., Nicholls, J., Wallace, J. & Zwick, A. 2025. Diversity of Australian Ornixolinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) with taxonomic and nomenclatural acts within the related taxa (Acrocercopinae and Gracillariinae) based on the evidence of museomics, bionomics, and mitogenomics. page 265
Toowoomba dialeuca (Turner, 1940)	Paralectotype	♀	ANIC	Australia, Queensland, Dunk Island, 25.v.1928, Barcode of Life DNA Voucher specimen Smple [sic] ID: 11ANIC-16261/BOLD Proc. ID: ANICY 261-11, SYNTYPE Cuphodes dialeuca Turner, 1940, Type status assessed by T. Pleines, 2023, ANIC Database No. 31 053596.	Australia	Australia, North Queensland, Dunk Island.	De Prins, J., Hartley, D., Sruoga, J., Nicholls, J., Wallace, J. & Zwick, A. 2025. Diversity of Australian Ornixolinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) with taxonomic and nomenclatural acts within the related taxa (Acrocercopinae and Gracillariinae) based on the evidence of museomics, bionomics, and mitogenomics. page 265

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GenBank Accession Number	Publication
NULT023231	De Prins, J., Hartley, D., Sruoga, J., Nicholls, J., Wallace, J. & Zwick, A. 2025. Diversity of Australian Ornixolinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) with taxonomic and nomenclatural acts within the related taxa (Acrocercopinae and Gracillariinae) based on the evidence of museomics, bionomics, and mitogenomics. page 265
NULT023356	De Prins, J., Hartley, D., Sruoga, J., Nicholls, J., Wallace, J. & Zwick, A. 2025. Diversity of Australian Ornixolinae (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) with taxonomic and nomenclatural acts within the related taxa (Acrocercopinae and Gracillariinae) based on the evidence of museomics, bionomics, and mitogenomics. page 265

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Toowoomba dialeuca (Turner, 1940)	Australia	Queensland	Turner, A. J. 1940. A revision of the Australian Gracilariidae [sic] (Lepidoptera). page 55

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Toowoomba dialeuca (1)

Toowoomba dialeuca (2)

Toowoomba dialeuca (3)

Toowoomba dialeuca (4)

Toowoomba dialeuca (5)

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