Species Actinotia hyperici (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Noctua hyperici Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775.

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, Vienna region, [Austria].
• Chloantha dilutior Wagner, F. 1909. Einige neue Lepidopterenformen. Entomologische Zeitschrift 23: 17-19 [18].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown ♀ ♂, around Zaras, Dalmatia, [Croatia]; Wippach, South Krain, [Slovenia]; Götz, Istria, [Croatia].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds) 1996. Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM. [328]

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Not established, see Julien, M.H. 1992. Biological control of Weeds: A world catalogue of agents and their target weeds. Wallingford : C.A.B. International viii+186 pp. [53].

Introduced from France.

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

The species was introduced deliberately in 1985/86 as a control agent of the introduced weed Hypericum perforatum (Clusiaceae), but failed to establish in Australia; the larvae have also been recorded as feeding on Eucalyptus sp. (Myrtaceae) in France.

 

History of changes

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