G. it. Ent., 11 (52): 151-156
December 2004
Observations on the habitat and apparently
new larval host plant of Phalaenoides glycinae (Lewin, 1805)
(Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Agaristinae)
in the Sydney district, New South Wales, Australia
by
TREVOR J. HAWKESWOOD & JAMES R. TURNER
Abstract - Notes are provided on the habitat of the Australian moth, Phalaenoides glycinae (Lewin, 1805) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Agaristinae) in the Sydney district, New South Wales, Australia. A small population of larvae were observed feeding on the leaves of the native mistletoe Amyema gaudichaudii (Loranthaceae) within the Cumberland Plain Woodland habitat in western Sydney, New South Wales. These data are recorded because of the near event of the site being cleared for residential development and the larval host record is apparently new.
