Stathmopoda chalcotypa Meyrick, 1897
STATHMOPODINAEOECOPHORIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley

(updated 14 May 2008)

These Caterpillars have been found living inside :

  • galls caused by a rust fungus Uromycladium tepperianum ( UREDINALES )

    on various Wattles ( MIMOSACEAE ), including :

  • Silver Wattle ( Acacia dealbata ), and
  • Bark Wattle ( Acacia decurrens ).

    The species has been found in southern Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania.


    Further reading :

    Richard Bashford,
    The insect fauna inhabiting Uromycladium (Uredinales) rust galls on Silver Wattle (Acacia dealbata) in Tasmania, The Australian Entomologist, Volume 29, Part 3 (September 2002), pp. 81-95.


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