Thallarcha phalarota Meyrick, 1886
(also known as : Thallarcha phaedropa)
LITHOSIINAE ,   ARCTIIDAE

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

Thallarcha phalarota
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville)

The moth of this species has black forewings with two white bands across each one. It has a wingspan of about 1 cm.

The species occurs in:

  • New South Wales,
  • Queensland, and
  • Victoria.


    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, pl. 18.18, p. 437.

    Peter Marriott,
    Moths of Victoria: Vol 2: ARCTIIDAE AND ITS ALLIES,
    Entomological Society of Victoria, 2009, pp. 24-25.


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    (updated 29 June 2010)