Bassarodes

Bassarodes Meyrick, 1910

Bassarodes Meyrick, 1910 [Stenomidae] Descriptions Malayan Micro-lepidoptera. Trans. Ent. Soc. London 1910: 430–478 [459]. Type species: Bassarodes siriaca Meyrick, 1910 by monotypy.

Bassarodes Meyrick, 1910 [Cryptophasidae]. Fletcher, T. B., 1929, A list of generic names used for Microlepidoptera. Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture of India,  11: 1-244 [31].

Bassarodes Meyrick, 1910. Common, in Nielsen, Edwards, & Rangsi, 1996, Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera, 4: i-xiv, 1-529 & CD-ROM [86].

Bassarodes 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].

Bassarodes Meyrick, 1910. 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 13 June 2010].

Original description, Meyrick 1910

Bassarodes, n.g.

Head with appressed scales, side-tufts raised, rough, expanded behind; ocelli absent; tongue developed. Antennae ¾, in ♂ very shortly ciliated, basal joint moderately elongate, without pecten. Labial palpi very long, recurved, second joint thickened with dense scales, somewhat rough beneath, especially in ♂, terminal joint as long as second, moderate, acute. Maxillary palpi very short, filiform, appressed to tongue. Posterior tibiae with dense rough hairs above. Forewings with 2 from towards angle, 3 and 4 approximated, 8 to apex, 11 from before middle. Hindwings 1, oblong-ovate, cilia ½, 3 and 4 stalked, 5 connate, 6 and 7 parallel, 7 to apex.

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Distribution: Queensland, Solomon Islands (Edwards, 2003).

Remarks: Originally described in the Stenomidae [Stenomatidae]. Fletcher (1929) included Stenomidae in the Xyloryctidae.

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Bassarodes siriaca Meyrick

Bassarodes siriaca♂ - Qld, Claudie River Lat. 12' 43'' S Long. 143' 17'' E, 19. Mar. 1985, E.D. Edwards leg. (ANIC). [AMO].

Bassarodes siriaca♀ - Qld, Claudie River, 23. Feb. 1984(ANIC).[AMO].

Bassarodes siriaca - ANIC specimens showing relative sizes. Males above, female below.

Bassarodes siriaca Meyrick, 1910 [Stenomidae] Descriptions Malayan Micro-lepidoptera. Trans. Ent. Soc. London 1910: 430–478 [459]. Syntype(s) BMNH 3♂♀, New Georgia and Choiseul Islands, Solomon Islands.

Bassarodes siriaca Meyrick [Cryptophasidae]. Fletcher, T. B., 1929, A list of generic names used for Microlepidoptera. Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture of India,  11: 1-244 [31].

Bassarodes siriaca Meyrick, 1910. Common, in Nielsen, Edwards, & Rangsi, 1996, Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera, 4: i-xiv, 1-529 & CD-ROM [86].

Bassarodes siriaca Meyrick, 1910. 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].

Bassarodes siriaca Meyrick, 1910. 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 13 June 2010].

Original description, Meyrick 1910

Bassarodes siriaca n. sp.

♂♀. 23-30mm. Head light ochreous-yellowish, tufts of crown suffused with dark brown. Palpi ochreous suffusedly mixed with dark brown. Thorax pale ochreous-yellowish, in ♂ with central stripe of brown suffusion, in ♀wholly suffused with brownish. Abdomen pale ochreous-yellowish, in ♀ suffused with brownish. Forewings elongate, moderate, posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, apex rounded-obtuse, termen slightly rounded, little oblique; in ♂ pale yellowish, sometimes suffused with pale brownish on veins and margins, with second discal stigma dark brown, an oblique patch of brown suffusion between this and apex, and in one specimen a streak of dark brown suffusion along fold curved upwards beneath middle of wing; in ♀ pale ochreous suffusedly irrorated with dark brown, with a broad longitudinal median dark fuscous band, suffused and undefined towards costa, lower margin well-marked and pale-edged, curved downwards on anterior half and upwards beyond middle, terminating in tornus: cilia pale yellowish, in ♂ sometimes suffused with light brownish, in ♀ suffused with fuscous. Hindwings in ♂ light yellowish, sometimes sprinkled with fuscous towards tornus, cilia concolorous; in ♀ fuscous, cilia whitish-ochreous suffused with fuscous.

SOLOMON Is., Choiseul, New Georgia; three specimens.

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Flight period: February, March.

Distribution: Queensland, Solomon Islands. (Edwards, 2003).

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Bathydoxa

Bathydoxa Turner, 1935

Bathydoxa Turner, 1935. Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. Oecophoridae. IV. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 60: 315–339 [330]. Type species: Bathydoxa euxesta Turner, 1935 by original designation. (Edwards, 2003).

Bathydoxa Turner, 1935. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 60: 1–15 [3] [nom. nud.].

Bathydoxa Turner, 1935. Common, in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. 1996. Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monogr. Aust. Lepid. 4: i–xiv, 1–529 & CD–ROM [86, 346: Note #125].

Bathydoxa Turner, 1935. [Oecophoridae] 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].

Bathydoxa Turner, 1935. 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 13 June 2010].

Bathydoxa Turner, 1935. [Oecophoridae, Oecophorinae] 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 7 April 2010]

Original description, Turner 1935

Gen. Bathydoxa, n.g.

βαθυδοξος, far-famed. (Turner, 1935).

Tongue strong. Palpi very long; second joint three times length of face, thickened with appressed scales, slightly rough anteriorly; terminal joint shorter: slender, acute. Antennae without basal pecten; in male moderately ciliated. Thorax smooth. Forewings with 7 to apex. Hindwings normal.

Distinguished by the very long palpi together with the absence of antennal pecten. Type, B. euxesta.

Other references:

125. Bathydoxa Turner, May 1935, nomen nudum. First published after 1930 by Turner (1935a (May): 3) in a key to genera, without the designation of a type species, this name was not nomenclaturally available (Article 13(b)) until the genus was formally described by Turner (1935b (December): 330), with Bathydoxa euxesta Turner designated as the type species. (Common, 1996, in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. 1996. Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monogr. Aust. Lepid. 4: i–xiv, 1–529 & CD–ROM [346: Note #125]. (Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. 1996).

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Distribution: New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria. Endemic. (Edwards, 2003).

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Bathydoxa euxesta Turner

Bathydoxa euxesta♂, ANIC, lectotype.

Bathydoxa euxesta, QM

Bathydoxa euxesta Turner, 1935. Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. Oecophoridae. IV. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 60: 315–339 [330]. Syntype(s) ANIC 5♂♀, Toowoomba, Qld; Mittagong, NSW.

Bathydoxa euxesta Turner, 1935. Common, in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. 1996. Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monogr. Aust. Lepid. 4: i–xiv, 1–529 & CD–ROM [86, 346: Note #125].

Bathydoxa euxesta Turner, 1935. [Oecophoridae] 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].

Bathydoxa euxesta Turner, 1935. 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 13 June 2010].

Bathydoxa euxesta Turner, 1935. [Oecophoridae, Oecophorinae] 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 7 April 2010]

Original description, Turner, 1935

Bathydoxa euxesta, n. sp.

ευξεστος, smooth.

♂,♀. 24-30 mm. Head grey. Palpi grey, rather whitish. Antennae grey; ciliations in male 1 ½.  Thorax grey; tegulae fuscous. Abdomen pale ochreous-grey. Legs pale grey. Forewings elongate, costa rather strongly arched, apex pointed, termen  straight, oblique; grey; costal edge grey-whitish; a blackish subcostal streak from base of costa to one-fourth; a broader subdorsal streak from base to three-fourths; discal stigmata represented by a fine longitudinal streak, sometimes interrupted, edged beneath with whitish; cilia grey. Hindwings grey, towards base paler; cilia grey.

Queensland: Brisbane; Toowoomba, in December and February. New South Wales: Mittagong, in December. Five specimens.

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Bathydoxa euxesta, ♂ genitalia. Brisbane. ANIC slide no. G244, dissected by I.F.B. Common, 1958. Photomicrograph taken at ANIC, Canberra.

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Bathydoxa euxesta, aedeagus. Brisbane. ANIC slide no. G244, dissected by I.F.B. Common, 1958.
Photomicrograph taken at ANIC, Canberra.

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Flight period: December, February.

Distribution: New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria. Endemic. (Edwards, 2003).

Remarks: The male gentitalia resemble those of the Lecithoceridae.


I would like to return Leistarcha tenuistria to the genus Bathydoxa.

Bathydoxa tenuistria Turner, 1935

Bathydoxa tenuistria, QM, holotype

Bathydoxa tenuistria, QM, holotype, labels.

Bathydoxa tenuistria, ANIC

Bathydoxa tenuistria Turner, 1935 [Oecophoridae], Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. Oecophoridae. IV. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 60: 315–339 [330]. Holotype QM ♂, Toowoomba, Qld. 

Leistarcha tenuistria (Turner, 1935), comb. n. Common, in Nielsen, Edwards, & Rangsi, 1996, Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera, 4: i-xiv, 1-529 & CD-ROM [87].

Bathydoxa tenuistria Turner, 1935 [Oecophoridae]. 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 22 April 2010].

Leistarcha tenuistria (Turner, 1935), 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 1935

Bathydoxa tenuistria, n. sp.

tenuistrius, finely streaked.

♂ 30 mm. Head and face fuscous with fine lateral white lines. Palpi rather densely sprinkled with whitish. Antennae fuscous; ciliations in male 1 ½. Thorax fuscous with fine central and lateral white lines. Abdomen ochreous-fuscous, apices of segments grey-whitish. Legs fuscous; inner surface whitish; posterior pair whitish. Forewings elongate, narrow, costa moderately arched, apex pointed, termen very oblique; fuscous, with numerous fine white longitudinal streaks; these are closely applied so as to form costal median and dorsal bundles; from end of cell these are replaced by two broad bundles, first to apex end of costa, second to lower two-thirds of termen; cilia grey traversed by extremities of the white streaks. Hindwings and cilia grey.

Queensland: Toowoomba, in November; one specimen received from Mr. W. B. Barnard, who has the type.

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Flight period: New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria. Endemic. (Edwards, 2003).

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Genetic evidence has seen Leistarcha moved to the Oecophoridae. Bathydoxa (so far) remains behind on the Xyloryctidae.
Evidence from genitalia dissection shows a similarity between tenuistria and euxesta. Both are distictively different from Leistarcha.

Updated 15 September 2019.

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Bida

Bida Walker, 1864

Bida Walker, 1864. Tineites. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Vol. 29. 562–835 pp. [824]. Type species: Bida crambella Walker, 1864 by monotypy.

Bida Walk. Meyrick, 1906. Descriptions of Australian Tineina. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 30: 33–66.

Bida Walker, 1864 = Cryptolechia Zeller [Oecophoridae]. Fletcher, T. B., 1929, A list of generic names used for Microlepidoptera. Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture of India,  11: 1-244 [32].

Bida Walker, 1864. Common, in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. 1996. Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monogr. Aust. Lepid. 4: i–xiv, 1–529 & CD–ROM [86].

Bida Walker, 1864, 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 15 September 2019].

Bida Walker, 1864. 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 13 June 2010].

Bida Walker, 1864. [Oecophoridae, Oecophorinae] 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 7 April 2010]

Original description, Walker 1864

BIDA

Corpus sat robustum: Proboscis conspicua. Palpi squamosi, subarcuati, capitis latitudine plus duplo longiores; articulus 3us 2o vix brevior. Pedes longiusculi, sat graciles. Alae anticae longae, lanceolatae, acutae, margine exteriore recto perobliquo.

Allied to Oecophora. Body rather stout. Proboscis distinct. Palpi squamous, very slightly curved, more than twice longer than the breadth of the head; third joint setiform, nearly as long as the second. Legs smooth, rather long and slender. Wings long, lanceolate; fringe moderately long. Fore wings acute; exterior border straight, very oblique; second inferior vein near the first and the third; fourth remote from the third.

Subsequent description, Meyrick 1906

Bida, Walk.

Head with appressed scales; tongue developed. Antennae in male serrulate, minutely ciliated (1/3), basal joint moderate, without pecten. Labial palpi extremely long, recurved, second joint much exceeding base of antennae, rough-scaled beneath, terminal joint as long as second, somewhat thickened with scales towards base, acute. Forewings with 2 from 4/5, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to apex, 11 from before middle. Hindwings 1, elongate-ovate, cilia 1/3; 3 and 4 connate, 5-7 nearly parallel. Allied to Acolasta [ = Cryptolechia] and Phaeosaces [ = Cryptolechia], but differing from both in the rough scales of second joint of palpi, which are also exceptionally long.

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Distribution: New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia. Endemic. (Edwards, 2003).

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Bida radiosella (Walker, 1863)

Bida radiosella, QM

Bida radiosella, ANIC

Psecadia ? radiosella Walker, 1863, Crambites & Tortricites, List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Vol. 28. 287–561 pp. [539]. Holotype BMNH ♂, Tasmania.

Bida crambella Walker, 1864. Tineites, List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Vol. 29. 562–835 pp. [824].

Bida radiosella Walk. Meyrick, 1906. Descriptions of Australian Tineina. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 30: 33–66 . Holotype BMNH ♂, South Australia.

Cryptolechia radiosella, Walk. Tillyard, R.J., 1926, Insects of Australia and New Zealand. Sydney, Angus & Robertson. 1-560. (424, Pl. 28:21.)

Cryptolechia crambella Wlk. = radiosella, Wlk. [Oecophoridae]. Fletcher, T. B., 1929, A list of generic names used for Microlepidoptera. Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture of India,  11: 1-244 [32].

Bida radiosella (Walker, 1864). Common, in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. 1996. Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monogr. Aust. Lepid. 4: i–xiv, 1–529 & CD–ROM [86].

Bida radiosella, Walker. 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 15 September 2019].

Bida radiosella (Walker, 1864). 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 13 June 2010].

Original description, Walker 1863

Psecadia ? radiosella

Mas. Alba; thorax fusco bivittatus; alae anticae longae, apice rotundate, vitis duabus strigisque nonnullis aeneo-fuscis, vitta 2a nigro submarginata, venis nigricantibus; posticae cinereae.

Male. White. Antennae brown, stout, minutely serrated and setulose. Thorax with a brown stripe on each side. Anterior legs mostly brown. Wings long, rounded at the tips. Fore wings with two aeneous-brown stripes; first stripe subcostal, joining the costa beyond the middle; second extending to the tip of the wing, partly bordered with black in front; some aeneous-brown streaks between the veins, which are blackish; fringe interlined with pale brown; under side brown; exterior border very oblique. Hind wings cinereous. Length of the body 5 lines [10.6mm]; of the wings 15 lines [31.7mm].

a. Tasmania. From the Entomological Society's collection.

[1 English line = 2.117 mm].

Synonymic description, Walker 1863

BIDA CRAMBELLA.

Albida; ala antica vittis tribus cervinis, 1a subcostali, 2a apicem attingente, venis nigricantibus.

 Whitish. Fore wings with three fawn-coloured stripes; first stripe subcostal; second extending to the tip of the wing; third near the interior border, extending to the interior angle; veins blackish. Length of the body 6? lines [12.7mm?]; of the wings 16 lines [33.9mm].

a. South Australia. Presented by R. Bakewell, Esq.

Subsequent description, Meyrick 1906

Bida radiosella, Walk.

(Psecadia radiosella, Walk., Tin 539; Bida crambella, ib, 824.)

Male, female, 23-29 mm. Head white. Palpi white, lower half of second and terminal joints fuscous. Antennae fuscous. Thorax white, shoulders, inner edge of patagia, and two posterior marks fuscous. Abdomen whitish, with dorsal series of ferruginous patches. Forewings elongate, narrowed anteriorly, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, termen slightly sinuate, oblique: white: all veins marked with fine fuscous lines mixed posteriorly with blackish; three pale fuscous longitudinal streaks, first from base beneath costa to costa beyond middle, extending along it to near apex, second median, from base to apex, united with first at base, finely edged with dark fuscous beneath on basal third, and above from 1/3 to 3/5, third less marked, subdorsal, from near base to near tornus; indications of faint pale fuscous streaks, between veins towards tornus: cilia white, with two light fuscous lines. Hindwings whitish-grey: cilia whitish, with two faint fuscous lines.

Blackheath, New South Wales: Melbourne, Victoria; Mount Lofty, South Australia; in November, three specimens.

Bida radiosella, Pl. 28:21, Tillyard, 1926.

C. radiosella Walk. (pl. 28, fig 21) is a fine Australian species with grey forewings marked with whitish rays. (Tillyard, 1926).

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Bida radiosella, ♂ genitalia. Albany, W.A., 5 October 1951, collected by I.F.B. Common. ANIC slide no. G141, dissected by I.F.B. Common, 1956. Photomicrograph taken at ANIC, Canberra.

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Bida radiosella, aedeagus. Albany, W.A., 5 October 1951, collected by I.F.B. Common. ANIC slide no. G141, dissected by I.F.B. Common, 1956. Photomicrograph taken at ANIC, Canberra.

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Bida radiosella, ♂ genitalia. 2 mls S of Ulladulla, NSW, 15 October 1956, collected by I.F.B. Common and M.S. Upton. ANIC slide no. G3297, dissected by I.F.B. Common 1984. Photomicrograph taken at ANIC, Canberra.

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Bida radiosella, aedeagus. 2 mls S of Ulladulla, NSW, 15 October 1956, collected by I.F.B. Common and M.S. Upton. ANIC slide no. G3297, dissected by I.F.B. Common 1984. Photomicrograph taken at ANIC, Canberra.

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Flight period: November.

Distribution: New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia. Endemic. (Edwards, 2003).

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Updated 15 September 2019.

Boydia

Boydia Newman, 1856

Boydia Newman, 1856, Characters of a few Australian Lepidoptera, collected by Mr. Thomas R. Oxley. Trans. Ent. Soc. London 2 3(8): 281–300, pl. 18 [292]. Type species: Boydia criniferella Newman, 1856 by monotypy.

 Hypertricha Meyrick, 1890 [junior subjective synonym of Boydia Newman, 1856]. Descriptions of Australian Lepidoptera. Part I. Xyloryctidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 13: 23–81 [25]. Type species: Hypertricha ephelota Meyrick, 1890 by monotypy.

Boydia Newman, 1856 [Cryptophasidae]. Fletcher, T. B., 1929, A list of generic names used for Microlepidoptera. Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture of India,  11: 1-244 [33, 114].

Boydia Newman, 1856. Common, in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. 1996. Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monogr. Aust. Lepid. 4: i–xiv, 1–529 & CD–ROM [86].

Boydia Newman, 1856. 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].

Boydia Newman, 1856. 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 13 June 2010].

Original description, Newman 1856

Genus Boydia, Newman.

Caput mediocre rotundatum, fronte laevigato; antennae elongatae, setaceae nullo modo ciliatae: labipalpi mediocres, 3-articulati, articulo basali brevi scite cyathiformi; 2do elongato, crasso, apice truncato; 3tio apicali gracili, brevi, nudo, peracuto, paullulum recurvo: alae anticae elongatae marginibus parallelis, disco longitudinaliter profunde unisulcato; posticae amplae, insecti quiescentis ultra anticos protrusae, margine costali fimbria longissima venuste ornatis.

The very remarkable appearance of this insect, reposing with its hind wings protruding from beneath its fore wings, as in the familiar Gastropacha Quercifolia, and each furnished with a plume of delicate long hairs attached to its costal margin, at once distinguishes it from any other of the Tineadae with which I am acquainted: the labial palpi also differ from those of any described genus, and the deep sulcus on the fore wings is a character of interest. I have dedicated the genus to Mr. Thomas Boyd, one of our most zealous and active Microlepidopterists. The genus will in all probability be found to be most nearly allied to our Anchinia [Oecophoridae].

Synonymic description, Meyrick 1890

Hypertricha, n.g.

Head smooth; ocelli absent; tongue developed. Antennae moderate, in male filiform, simple, basal joint moderate, without pecten. Labial palpi moderately long, curved, ascending, second joint with rough scales beneath projecting towards apex, terminal joint very short, ¼ of second, acute. Maxillary palpi very short, appressed to tongue. Thorax smooth. Abdomen moderate. Posterior tibiae rough-haired above. Forewings with vein 1 furcate towards base, 2 from 2/3, 3 from angle, 7 absent (coincident with 8), 11 from middle. Hindwings 1 ¼, subtriangular, apex rounded, costa in male with extremely long hairs from basal half lying beneath forewings, 1b densely haired towards base, shortly furcate at base, 3 and 4 short-stalked, 5 parallel, 6 and 7 from a point, 8 connected with cell at a point towards base.

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Distribution: South Australia, Victoria. Endemic. (Edwards, 2003).

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Boydia criniferella, Newman 1856

Boydia criniferella Newman, 1856. Characters of a few Australian Lepidoptera, collected by Mr. Thomas R. Oxley. Trans. Ent. Soc. London 2 3(8): 281–300, pl. 18 [292]. Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown sex unknown, Mt Alexander Range near Castlemaine, Vic.

Hypertricha ephelota Meyrick, 1890. Descriptions of Australian Lepidoptera. Part I. Xyloryctidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 13: 23–81 [74]. Holotype BMNH ♂, Mt Lofty, SA.

Hypertricha ephelota Meyr. Lower, 1917, The Lepidoptera of Broken Hill, New South Wales. Part III. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 41, 369-477 [370].

Boydia criniferella, Newm. [Cryptophasidae] Fletcher, T. B., 1929, A list of generic names used for Microlepidoptera. Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture of India,  11: 1-244 [32].

Boydia criniferella Newman, 1856. Common, in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. 1996. Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monogr. Aust. Lepid. 4: i–xiv, 1–529 & CD–ROM [86].

Boydia criniferella Newman. 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].

Boydia ephelota Meyrick, 1890. 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 13 April 2011]. (Synonymy not noted).

Boydia criniferella Newman, 1856. 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 13 June 2010].

Original description, Newman 1856

Boydia criniferella, Newman.

Alis anticis nigricantibus, albido-inoratis, striga basali lata binisque median is parvis albidis; posticis nigricantibus pilis plurimis longissimis fuliginosis margine antico ortis. (Alarum dilat. ^.1 unc.)

Basal cup-shaped joint of labial palpi white, second joint white beneath nearly to the tip, which is tinged with brown, third or apical joint white at the base, black at the tip, head brown, eyes large and black; thorax and abdomen brown, the apex of the latter testaceous; fore wings brown, irrorated with white scales; on the basal disk is a vitta composed of white scales, which terminates rather before the middle of the wing; this is interrupted by a dark-brown or nearly black blotch in the very centre of the wing, and beyond this are two short, white, parallel vittae; hind wings testaceous brown, the costal margin tinged with ferruginous, the hairs constituting the plume attached to the costa are ferruginous at base, dusky brown at apex:. beneath, body and legs whitish; wings dusky brown.

Three specimens of the insect  are preserved: it is totally different from any species previously described.

Synonymic description, Meyrick 1890

Hyp. ephelota, n. sp.

Male 24 mm. Head and thorax light fuscous, mixed with ochreous-whitish. Palpi fuscous irrorated with white, lower half of second joint white. Antennae fuscous. Abdomen brownish-ochreous, basal half light grey with three incomplete dull reddish bands. Legs dark fuscous, apex of joints ochreous-whitish, posterior pair ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, costa strongly arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin extremely obliquely rounded; fuscous, irregularly strewn with ashy-whitish scales; an ill-defined dot of dark fuscous scales on submedian fold at ¼, a second in middle of disc, a third on fold beneath second, a fourth in disc at ¾, and traces of a fifth on fold towards anal angle; second and fourth connected by an ashy-whitish streak, and a less marked similar streak connecting the other three; some dark fuscous scales on veins posteriorly: cilia fuscous mixed with whitish. Hindwings fuscous; costal hairs bright ochreous towards base; cilia pale fuscous, with a darker basal line.

Mount Lofty, South Australia; one specimen.

Other references

Hypertricha ephelota, Meyr.

Not uncommon, frequenting trunks of Eucalyptus trees, also at light, April, May, and June. (Lower, 1917).

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Distribution: South Australia, Victoria. (Edwards, 2003).

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Boydia stenadelpha (Lower, 1905)

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ANIC

Hypertricha stenadelpha Lower, 1905, New Australian Lepidoptera, No. XXII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 29: 103–115 [110]. Holotype SAMA ♀, Broken Hill, NSW.

Boydia stenadelpha, (Lower, 1905) comb. n., Common, in Nielsen, Edwards, & Rangsi, 1996, Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera, 4: i-xiv, 1-529 & CD-ROM [85-89].

Boydia stenadelpha, (Lower, 1905). 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 13 June 2010].

Original description, Lower 1905

Hypertricha stenadelpha, n. sp.

Female, 20 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax cinerous grey-whitish, second joint of palpi fuscous at apex, terminal joint nearly half of second, acute. Antennae fuscous, obscurely annulated with white. Abdomen dull silvery-grey, segmental margins dull reddish. Legs cinerous-grey-whitish, anterior coxae whitish, posterior legs greyish. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa gently arched, termen strongly oblique; 7 and 8 coincident; cinerous-grey-whitish; a streak of white along fold from base to end of cell, containing an oblique fuscous patch in middle, and two or three fuscous dots on upper half at and near extremity; cilia cinerous-grey-whitish, terminal half grey-whitish; hindwings pale grey-whitish, somewhat fuscous tinged around apex; cilia grey, with a fuscous basal line.

Bears a striking resemblance to Procometis tetraspora Low., but the resemblance is superficial only; the neuration of the forewings is a specific distinction. Although the terminal joint of palpi is somewhat longer than the characters of Hypertricha, that is, one-quarter of second, I scarcely consider it necessary to erect a new genus for its reception, but should the male show additional characters there may be some justification for doing so.

Broken Hill, New South Wales. One specimen; in March.

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Hypertricha stenadelpha, Low.

One specimen, type, March. (Lower, 1917).

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Distribution: NSW. Endemic. (Edwards, 2003).

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Boydia sp., ANIC

Boydia sp., ANIC

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