Bee Gleeper
Xeropsalta festiva (Distant, 1907)
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Male
Previously known as
Urabunana festiva.
Species number (TNS):
314.
Fore wing length:
13–15 mm.
Distribution and seasonality:
From Hillston south-east to near
Urana in southern inland New
South Wales and south-west to
Nhill in Victoria. Adults occur
from October to January.
Notable localities:
Nhill (Simon lab), Kewell,
Goolgowi.
Habitat:
Open grassland and grassy
woodland.
Calling song and behaviour:
Pronounced “gleep” phrases,
repeated monotonously. Adults
sit in clumps of grass.
Similar species:
Apple Grass-zipper.
dr-pop.net database record
Currently known extent
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