Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Ithone fusca Newman, 1838

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Species Ithone fusca Newman, 1838

  • Ithone fusca Newman, E. 1838. Entomological notes. Entomological Magazine. London 5: 180-181, 372-402 [181].
    Type data:
     Holotype BMNH ♂, New Holland.

 

Distribution

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: scarabaeiform, subterranean.

Adult: cursorial, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Larvae possibly feed on plant exudates, adults may be found in large swarms which are male-biased.

 

General References

Gallard, L. 1932. Notes on the feeding habits of the brown moth-lacewing Ithone fusca. Australian Naturalist 8: 168-170 (adult and larval biology)

Riek, E.F. 1974. The Australian moth-lacewings (Neuroptera: Ithonidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 13: 37-54 (adult and larval biology)

Tillyard, R.J. 1922. The life-history of the moth-lacewing Ithone fusca Newman (Neuroptera, Planipennia). Bulletin of Entomological Research 13: 205-223 (life history)