Thallarcha catasticta Lower, 1915
Four-lined Footman
 LITHOSIINI,   ARCTIINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
  
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Thallarcha catasticta
female
(Photo: courtesy of Marilyn Hewish, Moths of Victoria: Part 2)

The adult moths of this species have white forewings each with black zigzag lines and spots. The hindwings are pale yellow each with a dark mark near the middle and at the wingtip. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

Thallarcha catasticta
male
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott, Moths of Victoria: Part 2)

The species has been found in :

  • New South Wales,
  • Victoria, and
  • Western Australia.

    Further reading :

    Oswald B. Lower,
    The Lepidoptera of Broken Hill, New South Wales: Pt I,
    Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 39 (1915), pp. 360-361, No. 21.

    Peter Marriott,
    Moths of Victoria - Part 2,
    Tiger Moths and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA (A)    ,
    Entomological Society of Victoria, 2009, pp. 24-25.

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    (written 10 July 2013, updated 14 May 2018, 26 August 2021)