Australian Dicer
Diceropyga subapicalis (Walker, 1868)
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Species number (TNS):
024.
Fore wing length:
32–41 mm.
Distribution and seasonality:
Darnley Island in the Torres
Strait and from the vicinity of
Iron Range south to Coen on
Cape York Peninsula, north
Queensland. Also found in Irian
Jaya, Papua New Guinea and
the Aru Islands. Adults are
present from December to July.
Notable localities:
Claudie River.
Habitat:
Tropical rainforest.
Calling song and behaviour:
A course, metallic buzzing call.
Adults sit on the main trunk and
lower branches of rainforest
trees.
Similar species:
Check genus Tamasa.
dr-pop.net database record
Currently known extent
Male