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Chrysolarentia decisaria (Walker, 1863)

Grassland looper (moth), Tunbridge Looper (moth)

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Rediscovered (Zacharek et al., 1997)

 

Distribution

Tasmania & Victoria, Australia

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Walker, Francis. (1863). List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXVI.—Geometrites (Continued).
London: Printed by Order of the Trustees. [p. 1671]

 

Other references:

Common, I. F. B. (1990). Moths of Australia. Melbourne University Press, Melbourne.

Zacharek, A. R., Gilfedder, L. and Harris, S. (1997). The Flora of Township Lagoon Nature Reserve, and its management, Tunbridge, Tasmania. Papers Proceedings Royal Society Tasmania 131: 57-66.

http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/13223/chrysolarentia-decisaria-tunbridge-looper-moth

http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/lare/decisaria.html

 

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