Parelictis saleuta Meyrick, 1886 Mottled Footman LITHOSIINI,   ARCTIINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

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

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

The adult male and female moths of this species are similar, and have grey forewings with slight patterning. The hindwings are pale yellow, with the females having dark hindwing wingtips. The moths have a wingspan of about 3.5 cms.

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

The species occurs in

Victoria.

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

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Further reading:

Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria - Part 2,
Tiger Moths and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA (A),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2009, pp. 22-23.

Edward Meyrick,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera I,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 2, Volume 1, Part 3 (1886), p. 709, No. 61.

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(updated 23 November 2009, 24 August 2021)