Gonioma Turner, 1898
Antaeotricha [nec Zeller], Meyrick, 1886, Descriptions of Lepidoptera from the South Pacific, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1886: 189-296 [283].
Gonioma Turner, 1898. The Xyloryctidae of Queensland. Annals of the Queensland Museum 4: 1–32 [4]. Type species: Gonioma xanthopsis Turner, 1898 by monotypy.
Protrachyntis Meyrick, 1917, Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (2–3): 33–64, 65–96 [55]. Type species: Cryptolechia hospita Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875 by original designation.
Gonioma Turner, 1898, junior subjective synonym of Uzucha Wlk. [Cryptophasidae]. Fletcher, T. B., 1929, A list of generic names used for Microlepidoptera. Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture of India, 11: 1-244 [100].
Protrachyntis Meyrick, 1917 [Cryptophasidae]. Fletcher, T. B., 1929, A list of generic names used for Microlepidoptera. Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture of India, 11: 1-244 [188]. [Synonymy not noted].
Gonioma Turner, 1898 (syn. Protrachyntis Meyrick, 1917). Common, in Nielsen, Edwards, & Rangsi, 1996, Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera, 4: i-xiv, 1-529 & CD-ROM [87].
Gonioma Turner, 1898, junior subjective synonym of Uzucha. 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 21 April 2010].
Gonioma Turner, 1898. 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 21 April 2010]
Gonioma Turner, 1898. 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 17 June 2010].
Original description, Turner 1898
GONIOMA, n. g.
Head with loosely appressed scales; ocelli absent; tongue developed. Antennae moderate, in male filiform, simple, basal joint moderate, without pecten. Labial palpi moderate, curved, ascending, second joint thickened with rough scales towards apex, terminal joint shorter than second, smooth, slender, acute. Maxillary palpi very short. Thorax smooth. Abdomen moderate. Posterior tibiae roughly haired above in male, smooth beneath. Forewings with costa strongly arched at base, vein 2 from 3/5, 3 from angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 11 from middle. Hindwings over 1, oblong-ovate, with a tuft from base below median, 3 and 4 short-stalked, 5 parallel, 6 and 7 separate but closely approximated at base, 8 connected with cell near base.
A peculiar genus, interesting as forming to some extent a connecting link between Lichenaula and Uzucha.
Synonymic description, Meyrick 1917
PROTRACHYNTIS n. g.
Head loosely haired, sidetufts large, raised, projecting over forehead; ocelli small, inferior; tongue short. Antennae 3/5, basal joint moderate, without pecten. Labial palpi long, recurved, second joint reaching base of antennae, with rather long roughly projecting hairscales beneath, terminal joint shorter than second, slender, acute. Maxillary palpi very short, filiform, appressed to tongue. Anterior tarsi longer than tibiae, posterior tibiae clothed with rough hairscales above. Forewings with costa rough-scaled anteriorly; 1b furcate, 2 from 3/5, 3 from angle, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex, 11 from middle. Hindwings 1, ovate, cilia 1/3; 3 and 4 stalked, 5 parallel, 6 and 7 stalked, 8 approximated to cell to near middle.
Type hospita Feld.; I have eight female specimens, but no male.
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Gonioma hypoxantha, wing venation
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Distribution: Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia. Papua New Guinea. (Edwards, 2003).
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Gonioma hospita (R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
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Pl. 138, fig. 57: Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
Pl. 138, fig. 57: Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
♀ - Qld, Batavia Downs, 22. Nov. 1992, P. Zborowski A.A. Calder leg. (ANIC). [AMO].
Cryptolechia hospita R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875, Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859.. (Zoologischer Theil, Band 2, Abteilung 2) Heft 4. Wien. Plates 121–140 pp. [pl. 138, fig. 57]. Holotype BMNH ♀, Cape York, Qld.
Antaeotricha hospita Feld. [Cryptolechiadae] Meyrick, 1886, Descriptions of Lepidoptera from the South Pacific, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1886: 189-296 [283].
Protrachyntis hospita Feld. Meyrick, 1917, Exot. Microlepidopt. 2 : 55.
Protrachyntis hospita Feld. [Cryptophasidae]. Fletcher, T. B., 1929, A list of generic names used for Microlepidoptera. Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture of India, 11: 1-244 [188].
Gonioma hospita (R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875). Common, in Nielsen, Edwards, & Rangsi, 1996, Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera, 4: i-xiv, 1-529 & CD-ROM [87].
Protrachyntis hospita (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875). 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 17 June 2010].
Gonioma hospita (R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875). 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 17 June 2010].
Original description, Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
No written description other than the name and illustration.
Synonymic description, Meyrick, 1886
Antaeotricha hospita, Feld.
Cryptolechia hospita, Feld., Reis. Nov., pl. cxxxviii., 57.
♀, 27 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax white, mixed with pale grey. Abdomen yellow-ochreous. Legs yellow-ochreous, anterior pair black, middle tarsi dark fuscous. Fore wings elongate-oblong, costa moderately arched, apex rounded, hind margin obliquely rounded; white, mixed with light grey, and a few scattered black scales; a narrow oblique transverse black streak from costa near base, reaching half across wing; a cloudy grey spot in middle of disc; cilia whitish. Hind wings light yellow-ochreous, with a grey apical patch; cilia light yellow-ochreous, round apex grey.
Port Moresby, New Guinea (Mathew); one specimen.
According to Felder also from North Australia.
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Distribution: Queensland, Papua New Guinea. (Edwards, 2003).
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Gonioma hypoxantha (Lower, 1894)
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♂ - NT, Cooper Creek, 19 km EbyS of Mt Borradaile Lat. 12' 06'' S Long. 133' 04'' E, 2. Nov. 1977, I.F.B. Common E.D. Edwards M.S. Upton leg. (ANIC). [AMO].
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♀ - Qld, 16 km E of Morven Lat. 26' 25'' S Long. 147' 17'' E, 17. Oct. 1995, E.D. Edwards leg. (ANIC). [AMO].
Uzucha hypoxantha Lower, 1894, New Australian Heterocera. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 18: 77–113 [88]. Syntype(s) SAMA 1 ♂ (another syntype from Chinchilla, Qld, is in the QM), Coomooboolaroo, Duaringa, Qld.
Gonioma xanthopsis Turner, 1898, The Xyloryctidae of Queensland. Annals of the Queensland Museum 4: 1–32 [28]. Syntype(s) ANIC 2♂, Charters Towers, Qld.
Uzucha hypoxantha Lower [Cryptophasidae]. Fletcher, T. B., 1929, A list of generic names used for Microlepidoptera. Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture of India, 11: 1-244 [100].
Gonioma hypoxantha (Lower, 1894). Common, in Nielsen, Edwards, & Rangsi, 1996, Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera, 4: i-xiv, 1-529 & CD-ROM [87].
Uzucha hypoxantha Lower, 1894. 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 21 April 2010].
Uzucha xanthopsis (Turner, 1898). 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 21 April 2010]. [Synonymy not noted].
Gonioma hypoxantha (Lower, 1894). 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 17 June 2010].
Original description, Lower, 1894
Uzucha hypoxantha, n. sp.
Female, 35 mm. Head, thorax, antennae and palpi ashy-grey, abdomen and legs pale yellow, anterior legs somewhat infuscated, basal segment of abdomen with a narrow ferruginous band. Forewings elongate-oblong, costa very strongly and abruptly arched near base, thence tolerably straight, basal third with dense projecting hairs, apex obtuse, hindmargin obliquely rounded; ashy-grey whitish, the latter colour somewhat predominant; a large ill-defined roundish dark-fuscous blotch in middle of wing; cilia ashy-grey whitish, tips paler. Hindwings with hindmargin rounded; pale yellow; apex and hind margin somewhat suffused with fuscous, most prominent at apex; cilia pale whitish-yellow, with a dark-grey basal line.
One specimen, Coomooboolaroo, Duaringa, Queensland, taken in November (Coll. Barnard), and one specimen taken at Chinchilla, Queensland, in December (in Brisbane Museum Coll.).
The hairs on the costa give the species a curious and distinct appearance; the species is undoubtedly referable to Uzucha, although vein 7 of forewing really terminates slightly above the apex.
Synonymic description, Turner 1898
Gonioma xanthopsis, n. sp. Male, 33-35 mm. Head and face whitish-grey. Palpi whitish, with a few fuscous scales. Antennae whitish-grey. Thorax whitish-grey, irrorated with fuscous. Abdomen ochreous. Legs ochreous; anterior pair whitish, anterior tarsi fuscous. Forewings oblong, costa very strongly and abruptly arched near base, thence moderately arched, apex rounded, hindmargin very obliquely rounded; whitish-grey, sparsely irrorated with blackish scales; cilia whitish-grey. Hindwings ochreous-yellow; with a pale fuscous suffusion at apex; cilia pale fuscous; with darker line at 2/3 towards anal angle ochreous-yellow.
Charters Towers: two specimens, obtained by Mr. Dodd from larvae feeding under a web on the bark of a Myrtaceous tree.
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aedeagus (not to scale)
Food plants: Larva boring under bark. Larval foodplants: unspecified Myrtaceae, Acacia nilotica (Mimosaceae), introduced. (Edwards, 2003).
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Distribution: Queensland. Endemic. (Edwards, 2003).
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