Warra Benson, 1934: 470-471. Type species: Clarissa froggatti Rohwer, by original designation.
Citations
Benson 1934 [distribution (range), key, key to species: 465, 470-471]; Benson 1938b [diagnosis: 359]; Benson 1938c [systematics – classification: 382]; Benson & Conde 1938 [systematics – classification: 121]; Benson 1963 [distribution (range), key: 82]; Quinlan 1974 [type information: 223]; Smith 1978 [catalogue/checklist: 153]; Pagliano & Scaramozzino 1990 [catalogue/checklist: 203]; Abe & Smith 1991 [systematics – classification: 89]; Schmidt & Brown 2005 [systematics – classification: 6].
Warra anomocera (Rohwer)
Clarissa anomocera Rohwer, 1922: 93. Type locality: Australia: Moree, New South Wales. Holotype female, by original designation. Type depository: USNM. Described: male, female.
Warra anomocera: Benson, 1934: 471. Change of combination.
Citations
Benson 1934 [description of adult, distribution (range), key: 471]; Smith 1978 [catalogue/checklist: 153]; Schmidt 2006 [catalogue/checklist, host plant: 629].
Distribution
Australasian: Australia (New South Wales [Benson 1934, Smith 1978, Schmidt 2006]).
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Warra froggatti (Rohwer)
Clarissa froggatti Rohwer, 1922: 92-93. Type locality: Australia: Warrah, New South Wales. Holotype female, by original designation. Type depository: USNM. Described: male, female.
Warra froggatti: Benson, 1934: 471. Change of combination.
Citations
Benson 1934 [description of adult, distribution (range), key: 471]; Smith 1978 [catalogue/checklist: 153]; Naumann & Balciunas 1997 [biology, description of immature stages, distribution record, host plant, illustration of immature stages, life history: 39-46]; Schmidt 2006 [catalogue/checklist, host plant].
Distribution
Australasian: Australia (New South Wales [Benson 1934, Smith 1978, Schmidt 2006], Queensland [Naumann & Balciunas 1997, Schmidt 2006]).
Associations
Host – MARSILEALES Marsileaceae: Marsilea drummondii A. Braun [Naumann & Balciunas 1997].
Biology
Naumann & Balciunas (1997) gave a detailed description of the biology: the larvae feed on species of the aquatic and semiaquatic fern Marsilea (Marsileaceae). The female places 1-3(-7) eggs in the frondlet margin and eggs hatch after 1-3 days. Only frondlets raised above the water surface are attacked. Larvae feed during the day on the dorsal leaf surface. The development includes three instars and takes 11-12 days after which the larvae burrow into moist soil near the water edge. The prepupal moult occurs in the soil and adults emerge after 7-9 days. Apparently adults do not feed.