Phenacomorpha bisecta (T.P. Lucas, 1891) Bisected Footman (one synonym : Thallarcha rhabdophora Turner, 1899) LITHOSIINI,   ARCTIINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans, (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

male
(Photo: courtesy of Trevor Roche, Jindabyne, New South Wales)

The adult male and female moths of this species are very different. The males have yellow wings with broad dark brown margins, and the forewings each are bisected by a brown stripe from base to margin. The male moths have a wingspan of about 2 cms.

The females have no wings, and are a furry grey. They have a length of about 0.5 cms.

female
(Photo: courtesy of Dave Britton, Australian Museum)

The species occurs in

South Australia.

male
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

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Further reading:

Thomas P. Lucas,
On Queensland and other Australian Lepidoptera with descriptions of new species,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 2, Volume 6, Part 2 (1891), pp. 279-280.

Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria - Part 2,
Tiger Moths and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA (A),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2009, pp. 26-27.

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(updated 25 November 2009, 13 December 2022)