Chalarotona Meyrick, 1890
Chalarotona Meyrick, 1890. Descriptions of Australian Lepidoptera. Part I. Xyloryctidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 13: 23–81 [25]. Type species: Chalarotona intabescens Meyrick, 1890 by subsequent designation, see Fletcher, T.B. 1929.
Chalarotona. Lower, 1896, A catalogue of Victorian Heterocera. Part xix. Victorian Naturalist 12: 149-152 [152].
Chalarotona Meyrick, 1890 = junior subjective synonym of Xylorycta Meyrick 1890. Meyrick, 1905, Descriptions of Indian Micro-lepidoptera. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 16 (4): 580-618 (602).
Chalarotona, Philpott, 1927. The Maxillae in the Lepidoptera. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Vol. 57, 721-745 [735].
Chalarotona Meyrick, 1890 = junior subjective synonym of Phthonerodes Meyrick, 1890 [Cryptophasidae]. Fletcher, T. B., 1929, A list of generic names used for Microlepidoptera. Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture of India, 11: 1-244 [44, 175].
Chalarotona Meyrick, 1890. Common, in Nielsen, Edwards, & Rangsi, 1996, Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera, 4: i-xiv, 1-529 & CD-ROM [86].
Chalarotona Meyrick, 1890 = junior subjective synonym of Lichenaula, Meyrick. Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/lepindex [accessed 5 April 2010].
Chalarotona Meyrick, 1890. Edwards, E. D. (2003), Xyloryctinae. Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra. http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/XYLORYCTINAE [accessed 16 June 2010].
Chalarotona Meyrick, 1890. B. Pitkin and P. Jenkins, Butterflies and Moths of the World: Generic Names and their Type-species, 2004. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/butmoth/ [accessed 16 June 2010]
Original description, Meyrick, 1890
Chalarotona, n.g.
Head with appressed hairs; ocelli absent; tongue well-developed. Antennae moderate, in male filiform, minutely ciliated (¼ – 1/3), basal joint moderate, without pecten. Labial palpi very long, recurved, second joint smooth-scaled or slightly rough towards apex beneath, terminal joint from half to nearly as long as second, slender, acute. Maxillary palpi very short. Thorax smooth. Abdomen moderate. Posterior tibiae rough-haired above and beneath. Forewings with vein 1 furcate towards base, 2 from ¾, 3 from angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex, 11 from middle. Hindwings over 1, oblong-ovate; 1b and 1c densely haired towards base, 1b shortly furcate at base, 3 and 4 from a point or short-stalked, 5 tolerably parallel, 6 and 7 stalked, 8 connected with cell at a point towards base.
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CHALAROTONA. Meyr.
*655. C. intabescens, Meyr. (Proc. Roy. Soc. S.A., 65, 1889).
Fernshaw.
*656. C. craspedota, Meyr. (loc. cit., 66, 1889).
Melbourne. (Lower, 1896).
Xylorycta Meyr.
I propose to widen the definition of the genus Xylorycta, so far as to unite with it the genera Lichenaula, Telecrates, Clerarcha, Plectophila, and Chalarotona. These were all published by me at the same time, and I select the name of Xylorycta for the resulting group because I made that typical of the family and therefore gave it precedence. The structural characters are thus extended in the following particulars : Antennal ciliations of ♂ variable (½ -3); 7 of forewings to apex or termen; 6 and 7 of hindwings approximated, connate, or stalked. (Meyrick 1905).
Crypt. PHTHONERODES, Meyrick 1890.
T. R. Soc. S. Austr. XIII 44-45: type scotarcha M. [S. Australia].
Lichenaula, Meyr. 1890.
Tymbophora, Meyr. 1890.
Clerarcha, Meyr. 1890.
Xylorycta, Meyr 1890
Chalarotona, Meyr. 1890.
Illidgea, Turner, 1897.
Neodrepta, Turner, 1897.
(Fletcher, 1929).
Good examples, of progressive reduction in the maxillary palpi are exhibited in this large family. Lichenaula has a five-segmented palp; the genera Telecrates, Odites, Procometis, Agriophora [sic], Chalarotona, Scieropepla, Eschatura, Uzucha, and Catoryctis have each lost a segment; Xylorycta and Maroga have only three remaining; Cryptophaga rubescens has two, with a third represented by a minute papilla, while in C. nubila this papilla has been lost. (Philpott, 1927).
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Distribution: Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria. Endemic. (Edwards, 2003).
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Chalarotona craspedota Meyrick, 1890
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Chalarotona craspedota Meyrick, 1890. Descriptions of Australian Lepidoptera. Part I. Xyloryctidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 13: 23–81 [66]. Syntype(s) BMNH 4♂♀, Blackheath, NSW; Adelaide, SA.
Chalarotona craspedota Meyr., Lower, 1896: A catalogue of Victorian Heterocera. Part xix. The Victorian Naturalist, 12: 149-152.
Chalarotona craspedota. Lower, 1899. Descriptions of new Australian Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 24: 83–116 [103].
Chalarotona craspedota Meyrick, 1890. Common, in Nielsen, Edwards, & Rangsi, 1996, Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera, 4: i-xiv, 1-529 & CD-ROM [86].
Xylorycta crapedota Meyrick, Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/lepindex [accessed 7 April 2010].
Chalarotona craspedota Meyrick, 1890. Edwards, E. D. (2003), Xyloryctinae. Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra. http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/XYLORYCTINAE [accessed 16 June 2010].
Original description, Meyrick, 1890
Chal. craspedota, n. sp.
Both sexes 17-19 mm. Head white, sides of face dark fuscous. Palpi white, second joint dark fuscous except towards base, terminal joint ½ -2/3, anterior edge dark fuscous. Antennae fuscous. Thorax pale whitish-ochreous. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Legs dark fuscous, posterior pair whitish. Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex roundpointed, hindmargin slightly sinuate, very oblique; silvery-white, towards apex slightly fuscous-tinged; a narrow fuscous or rather dark fuscous streak along inner margin from near base to anal angle, upper edge suffused and ochreous-tinged: cilia ochreous-whitish. Hindwings ochreous-grey-whitish; towards apex more ochreous-tinged; cilia ochreous-whitish.
Blackheath (3,500 feet), New South Wales; Adelaide, South Australia; in March, four specimens.
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In this [Xylorycta] and the three following genera [Telecrates, Chalarotona and Scieropepla] great care must be taken not to confuse together the various unicolorous white species, and the structural differences must be accurately observed; there are, moreover, other unicolorous white species of very similar appearance in the Oecophoridae and Gelechiadae, which might very easily be mixed with them, even by a skilled observer. The superficial resemblance of these various forms is very great, but I am unable to determine whether they imitate one another or a common model, or whether the very simple resultant may not have been produced independently by similar development under analogous circumstances, without direct imitation of anything; or instance, the end desired might have been conspicuousness. (Meyrick, 1890).
*656. C. craspedota, Meyr. (loc. cit., 66, 1889).
Melbourne. (Lower, 1896).
This species [Scieropepla megadelpha Lower, 1899] furnishes another instance of remarkable mimicry; in general appearance it resembles Chalarotona craspedota, Meyr., so closely that one could easily be persuaded into considering it that species, but the neuration affords a safe distinguishing test. (Lower, 1899)
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Food plants: Larva webbing leaves. Foodplant; Conospermum mitchellii (Proteaceae). (Edwards, 2003).
Flight period: March.
Distribution: New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria. Endemic. (Edwards, 2003).
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Chalarotona insincera Meyrick, 1890.
ANIC
Chalarotona insincera Meyrick, 1890. Descriptions of Australian Lepidoptera. Part I. Xyloryctidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 13: 23–81 [66]. Syntype(s) BMNH 4♂♀, Deloraine and Hobart, Tas.
Chalarotona insincera Meyrick, 1890. Common, in Nielsen, Edwards, & Rangsi, 1996, Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera, 4: i-xiv, 1-529 & CD-ROM [86].
Xylorycta insincera Meyrick. Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/lepindex [accessed 7 April 2010].
Chalarotona insincera Meyrick, 1890. Edwards, E. D. (2003), Xyloryctinae. Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra. http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/XYLORYCTINAE [accessed 16 June 2010].
Original description, Meyrick 1890
Chal. insincera, n. sp.
Both sexes 16-21 mm. Head whitish-ochreous, sides of face dark fuscous. Palpi whitish, second joint rather dark fuscous except towards base, terminal joint in male ½, in female 2/3. Antennae fuscous. Thorax whitish-ochreous, becoming white posteriorly. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Legs dark grey, posterior pair ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, costa, moderately arched, apex round pointed, hindmargin nearly straight, oblique; shining ochreous-white: cilia ochreous-white. Hindwings light grey, apex tinged with whitish-ochreous; cilia ochreous-whitish, base more ochreous-tinged.
Deloraine and Hobart, Tasmania; in November and December, four specimens.
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Flight period: November, December.
Distribution: New South Wales, Tasmania. Endemic. (Edwards, 2003).
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Chalarotona intabescens Meyrick, 1890.
♀ - Jervis Bay, 10. Aug. 1956, I.F.B. Common leg. (ANIC). [AMO].
♂ - NSW, Jervis Bay, 17. Aug. 1956, I.F.B. Common leg. (ANIC). [AMO].
Chalarotona intabescens Meyrick, 1890, Descriptions of Australian Lepidoptera. Part I. Xyloryctidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 13: 23–81 [65]. Syntype(s) BMNH unknown number ♂♀, Sydney and Blackheath, NSW.
Chalarotona intabescens Meyr., Lower, 1896: A catalogue of Victorian Heterocera. Part xix. The Victorian Naturalist, 12: 149-152.
Chalarotona intabescens M. [Cryptophasidae] Fletcher, T. B., 1929, A list of generic names used for Microlepidoptera. Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture of India, 11: 1-244 [44].
Chalarotona intabescens, Meyr., Common, 1970, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), The Insects of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 765-866 (824).
Chalarotona intabescens, Meyr., Common, 1990, Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press. 227-230 [228].
Chalarotona intabescens Meyrick, 1890. Common, in Nielsen, Edwards, & Rangsi, 1996, Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera, 4: i-xiv, 1-529 & CD-ROM [86].
Xylorycta intabescens Meyrick. Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/lepindex [accessed 7 April 2010].
Chalarotona intabescens Meyrick, 1890. Edwards, E. D. (2003), Xyloryctinae. Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra. http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/XYLORYCTINAE [accessed 16 June 2010].
Original description, Meyrick 1890
Chal. intabescens, n. sp.
Both sexes 16-23mm. Head ochreous-yellowish, sides of face somewhat infuscated. Palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint dark grey on upper half except at apex, terminal joint in male ¾, in female nearly 1, dark grey anteriorly, in male towards apex only. Antennae light grey; often ochreous-whitish towards base. Thorax ochreous-yellow, generally more or less suffused with grey anteriorly. Abdomen whitish-ochreous, apex more yellowish. Legs dark grey mixed with ochreous-yellowish, posterior pair whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, hindmargin oblique, slightly rounded; clear ochreous-yellowish; generally a cloudy-grey or dark grey dot above anal angle, sometimes obsolete: cilia pale ochreous-yellowish. Hindwings grey, darker posteriorly; cilia whitish-ochreous, more yellowish towards base, rarely somewhat greyish-tinged.
Sydney and Blackheath (3,500 feet), New South Wales, in September and November, not uncommon; appears to frequent Banksia.
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Banksia flower spikes are also tunnelled by larvae of Chalarotona intabescens Meyr. (Common, 1970).
Pl. 5.5: Common, 1990
Chalarotona intabescens Meyr. (Pl. 5.5) is another small species with larvae tunnelling in the flower spikes of Banksia, especially B. serrata and B. ericifolia. It is found from southern Queensland to southern coastal New South Wales. (Common, 1990).
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Food plants: Larva boring in flower spike. Larval foodplants: Banksia ericifolia, B. integrifolia, B. serrata, Isopogon anethifolius (Proteaceae). (Edwards, 2003).
Flight period: September, November.
Distribution: New South Wales, Queensland. Endemic. (Edwards, 2003).
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Chalarotona melipnoa Meyrick, 1890
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Chalarotona melipnoa Meyrick, 1890. Descriptions of Australian Lepidoptera. Part I. Xyloryctidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 13: 23–81 [65]. Syntype(s) BMNH 6♂♀, Blackheath, NSW; Mt Lofty, SA.
Chalarotona melipnoa Meyrick, 1890. Common, in Nielsen, Edwards, & Rangsi, 1996, Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera, 4: i-xiv, 1-529 & CD-ROM [86].
Xylorycta melipnoa Meyrick. Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/lepindex [accessed 7 April 2010].
Chalarotona melipnoa Meyrick, 1890. Edwards, E. D. (2003), Xyloryctinae. Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra. http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/XYLORYCTINAE [accessed 16 June 2010].
Original description, Meyrick 1890
Chal. melipnoa, n. sp.
Both sexes 16-21mm. Head and thorax ochreous-yellowish, sides of face fuscous. Palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint externally wholly rather dark fuscous, terminal joint 2/3 – ¾, dark fuscous anteriorly. Antennae grey. Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Legs fuscous, posterior pair pale whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, hind margin oblique, slightly rounded; light yellowish-ochreous: cilia light yellowish-ochreous. Hindwings grey; cilia whitish-yellowish.
Blackheath (3,500 feet), New South Wales; Mount Lofty, South Australia; in October, six specimens. Closely allied to the preceding, [C. intabescens] but certainly distinct; probably also attached to Banksia.
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Food plants: Larva boring in flower spike. Larval foodplants: Banksia ericifolia, B. marginata (Proteaceae). (Edwards, 2003).
Flight period: October.
Distribution: Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia. Endemic. (Edwards, 2003).
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Chalarotona melitoleuca Meyrick, 1890
ANIC
Chalarotona melitoleuca Meyrick, 1890. Descriptions of Australian Lepidoptera. Part I. Xyloryctidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 13: 23–81 [66]. Syntype(s) BMNH 2♂♀, Sydney, NSW.
Chalarotona melitoleuca Meyrick, 1890. Common, in Nielsen, Edwards, & Rangsi, 1996, Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera, 4: i-xiv, 1-529 & CD-ROM [86].
Xylorycta melitoleuca Meyrick. Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/lepindex [accessed 7 April 2010].
Chalarotona melitoleuca Meyrick, 1890. Edwards, E. D. (2003), Xyloryctinae. Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra. http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/XYLORYCTINAE [accessed 16 June 2010].
Original description, Meyrick 1890
Chal. melitoleuca, n. sp.
Both sexes 11-14 mm. Head and thorax ochreous-yellow. Palpi whitish, second joint with a grey subapical band, terminal joint 2/3 – ¾. Antennae whitish. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Legs ochreous-whitish, anterior pair suffused with grey. Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex tolerably pointed, hindmargin slightly rounded, very oblique; rather deep ochreous-yellow: cilia ochreous-yellow, tips paler. Hindwings and cilia ochreous-whitish.
Sydney, New South Wales; two specimens in February.
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Distribution: New South Wales, South Australia. Endemic. (Edwards, 2003).
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