Species Blepharocosta phaeotrichae Taylor, 1992
- Blepharocosta phaeotrichae Taylor, K.L. 1992. Blepharocosta, a new genus of Australian Spondyliaspidinae (Hemiptera: Psylloidea). Invertebrate Taxonomy 6: 131-141 [137].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂ (slide and ethanol [in tube with paratypes]), Blackdown Tableland, QLD.
Distribution
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Queensland
Ecological Descriptors
Sap-sucker (associated flora: Eucalyptus nigra R.Baker [MYRTACEAE]; Eucalyptus conglomerata Maiden & Blakely [MYRTACEAE]).
Extra Ecological Information
Recorded from Eucalyptus phaeoitricha, now a junior synonym of E. nigra); larva unknown.
