Thallarcha rhaptophora Lower, 1915 Desert Footman LITHOSIINI,   ARCTIINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott, Big Desert, Victoria, Moths of Victoria: Part 2)

The adult moths of this species have white forewings, each with black zigzag lines and markings including a black patch about halfway along the costa. The hindwings are pale yellow, each with a black mark near the middle, and a black mark at the wing-tip extending along the margin. The head is white, and the thorax black with white marks. The abdomen is yellow. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott, Big Desert, Victoria, Moths of Victoria: Part 2)

The species has been found in :

Western Australia.

underside
(Photo: copyright of Brett and Marie Smith, at Ellura Sanctuary, South Australia)

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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), p. 360, No. 20.

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 11 July 2013, updated 22 April 2020)