Amber Grass-ticker
Mugadina emma (Goding and Froggatt, 1904)
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Male
Previously known as
Pauropsalta emma.
Species number (TNS):
308.
Fore wing length:
13–15 mm.
Distribution and seasonality:
Inland and subcoastal areas of
Queensland, from near
Greenvale south to the Fassifern
Valley west of Brisbane. Adults
occur from October to March.
Taroom, Glenmorgan, Chinchilla,
Warwick, Wee Waa, Armidale,
Coolah (D. Emery).
Notable localities:
Valley of Lagoons
(G. Winterflood), Woodstock
(A. Ewart), Rockhampton,
Theodore, Brookstead, Hatton
Vale, Boonah.
Habitat:
Open grassland.
Calling song and behaviour:
Slow, sharp, ticking. Adults sit on
grass stems.
Colour variation: Specimens
in Queensland are generally a
mixture of yellow and black,
whereas those from New South
Wales are predominantly black
or orange-yellow and black.
Similar species:
Yellow Grass-ticker.
dr-pop.net database record
Currently known extent
Habitat
Female
