Aristaea thalassias (Meyrick, 1880)
SUBFAMILY | Gracillariinae |
GENUS | Aristaea |
SPECIES | thalassias |
AUTHOR | (Meyrick, 1880) |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Grac.[ilaria] thalassias, n. sp. |
TYPE LOCALITY | [Australia], New South Wales, Sydney, Newcastle. |
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | Latitude: -33°51'0" Longitude: 151°11'0" |
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | 12 Syntypes, ♂, ♀, BMNH(E) 1055793, BMNH. |
STATUS | Species |
PUBLICATION | Meyrick, E. 1880. Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera. III Tineina. - Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 5(1):132-182, 204-271. |
PAGINATION |
158-160
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Species pictures
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Species Distribution
COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Australia | New South Wales | Meyrick, E. 1880. Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera. III Tineina. - Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 5(1):132-182, 204-271. | 158 |
Australia | Victoria | Meyrick, E. 1907b. Descriptions of Australasian Micro-Lepidoptera. XIX. Plutellidae. - Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 32:47-150. | 62 |
Australia | Queensland | Turner, A. J. 1913. Studies in Australian Microlepidoptera. - Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 38:174-228. | 187 |
South Africa | Gordon, A. J. 1999. Biological control of Australian myrtle, Leptospermum laevigatum (J. Gaertn.) F. Muell. (Myrtacea), in South Africa. - African Entomology Memoir 1:139-143. | 139 (introduced) |
Host Plants
FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Myrtaceae | Agonis flexuosa | Australia | Meyrick, E. 1880. Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera. III Tineina. - Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 5(1):132-182, 204-271. | 159 |
Myrtaceae | Leptospermum laevigatum | Australia | Meyrick, E. 1880. Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera. III Tineina. - Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 5(1):132-182, 204-271. | 159 |
Myrtaceae | Leptospermum laevigatum | South Africa | Gordon, A. J. 1999. Biological control of Australian myrtle, Leptospermum laevigatum (J. Gaertn.) F. Muell. (Myrtacea), in South Africa. - African Entomology Memoir 1:139-143. | 139 |