Ecnomus yabbura Cartwright 1990

Cartwright, David I. & Dostine, Peter, 2022, Five new species and new records of caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera) from Australia’s ‘ Top End’, Zootaxa 5138 (3), pp. 283-304 : 297-298

Ecnomus yabbura Cartwright 1990

Ecnomus yabbura Cartwright 1990: 20 , figs 57, 58.

Material examined. Northern Territory. 2 males, Fergusson R., 5 Dec 2008 , P. Dostine ( FFD) ; 1 male (DC306), Blackmore River , 16 Apr 2015 , P. Dostine ( MVM) ; 4 males, same loc. and coll., 13 Aug 2015; 1 male, same loc. and coll., 14 Sep 2015; 7 males, same loc. and coll., 12 Oct 2015; 4 males, same loc. and coll., 12 Nov 2015; 2 males, same loc. and coll., 14 Dec 2015; 5 males, same loc. and coll., 11 Jan 2016; 4 males, same loc. and coll., 8 Feb 2016; 2 males, same loc. and coll., 8 Mar 2016; 11 males, same loc. and coll., 6 Apr 2016; 2 males, same loc. and coll., 3 Aug 2016; 5 males, same loc. and coll., 31 Aug 2016; 3 males, same loc. and coll., 26 Oct 2016; 1 male, same loc. and coll., 28 Nov 2016; 1 male, same loc. and coll., 26 Apr 2017; 1 male, same loc. and coll., 22 Aug 2017; 1 male, Petherick’s Ck , 6 Jun 2015 , P. Dostine; 1 male, Lightning Dreaming , 16 Jun 2015 , P. Dostine; 2 males, Graveside Gorge , 11 Jul 2015 , P. Dostine; 1 male, Myra Falls , 1 Sep 2015 , P. Dostine; 1 male, Roper R., Mt McMinn , 13 Oct 2015 , P. Dostine; 1 male, Peel Ck , 5 Jul 2016 , P. Dostine; 1 male, Sandy Billabong , 26 May 2017 , P. Dostine; 12 males, Gunlom Falls , pool, 30 Jul 2018 , P. Dostine; 4 males, Gunlom Falls , 31 Jul 2018 , P. Dostine; 5 males, Edith Falls , 1 Aug 2019 , P. Dostine (all FFD) .

Remarks. Ecnomus yabbura was previously recorded from many sites in the NT and northern WA ( Cartwright 1990). The species is recorded from a further eleven NT sites.