Thallarcha cosmodes Turner, 1940 LITHOSIINI,   ARCTIINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Elaine McDonald, Nicholls Rivulet, Tasmania)

The adult moths of this species have white forewings with dark brown markings. The hindwings are ywllow with a dark area at the wingtip, and a dark dash near the middle. The head is white. The thorax is black and white. The abdomen is yellow with a black dot on the back of each segment. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

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

The species has been found in :

Tasmania.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
A revision of the Australian Arctiidae (Lepidoptera),
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 51 (1940), pp. 89-90, No. 104.

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(written 4 February 2020, updated 26 August 2021)