Thallarcha levis Turner, 1943 LITHOSIINI,   ARCTIINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

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

male
(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)

This species has adult moths with forewings that are off-white with dark markings, including a jagged dark band across the middle. The hindwings are plain white The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

female
(Photo: courtesy of the Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in :

New South Wales.

underside
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
New species of Lepidoptera from the Barnard collection. No. 2,
Memoirs of the Queensland Museum,
Volume 12 (1943), p. 109.

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(updated 11 August 2012, 26 August 2021)