Bent-winged Grass-buzzer
Toxala verna (Distant, 1912)
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Male
Previously known as
Urabunana verna.
Species number (TNS):
327.
Fore wing length:
12–13 mm.
Distribution and seasonality:
Eastern Australia from west of
Gladstone in Queensland south
to near Goulburn in New South
Wales. Adults occur from
January to March.
Notable localities:
Biggenden, Chinchilla, Glenlyon
Dam, Castlereagh (D. Emery).
Habitat:
This species occurs in local
native grasses and on short
heath vegetation, such as
Pimelia, growing in eucalypt
woodland.
Calling song and behaviour:
The song is quite high pitched
and difficult to detect. It is made
up of a single repeated phrase,
comprising a series of short
chirps followed by a short buzz.
Males also produce audible
wing-snaps as part of the calling
song. Emergence occurs after
rain. Adults sit on grass stems.
Similar species:
Herberton Grass-buzzer.
Eastern Grass-buzzer is
superficially similar, but it does
not possess such distinctly
angled fore wings.
dr-pop.net database record
Currently known extent
Habitat
Female