Costora iena Mosely, 1936

Great Lake caddisfly

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Extinct (Bryant & Jackson, 1999:344; Threatened Species Unit, 2005)

Last (and only) record: 1930's (30 November 1934 or later); 1934 (Neboiss, 2003:74)

"The two extinct species have not been located since the 1930s. Costora iena has not been sighted since the hydro development at Great Lakes".

(Bryant & Jackson, 1999:345)

Distribution & Habitat

Streams at Shannon River and Miena, Tasmania, Australia

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Mosely, Martin E. (1936). Tasmanian Trichoptera or Caddis-Flies. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 106(2): 395-424. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.1469-7998.1936.tb08509.x

Other references:

Braby, Michael F. (2019). Are insects and other invertebrates in decline in Australia? Austral Entomology 58(3): 471-477. https://doi.org/10.1111/aen.12411

Bryant, Sally L. and Jackson, Jean. (1999). Tasmania's Threatened Fauna Handbook: What, Where and How to Protect Tasmania's Threatened Animals. Threatened Species Unit, Parks and Wildlife Service, Hobart. [pp. 344-348]

Neboiss, A. (2003 "2002"). New genera and species, and new records, of Tasmanian Trichoptera (Insecta). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 136: 43-82. https://doi.org/10.26749/rstpp.136.43

Threatened Species Unit. (2005). Listing Statement: Caddis-flies, Trichoptera. Nature Conservation Branch, Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment, Tasmania.

Woinarski, John C. Z., Braby, M. F., Burbidge, A. A., Coates, D., Garnett, S. T., Fensham, R. J., Legge, S. M., McKenzie, N. L., Silcock, J L. and Murphy, B. P. (2019). Reading the black book: The number, timing, distribution and causes of listed extinctions in Australia. Biological Conservation 239: 108261. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108261