Species Melobasis gloriosa (Laporte & Gory, 1837)

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Generic Combinations

• Melobasis gloriosa (Laporte & Gory, 1837).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Burt Plain (BRT), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: diurnal, herbivore (associated flora: Casuarina sp. [CASUARINACEAE] She-Oak), volant.

Larva: wood-borer.

History of changes