Rhapsa eretmophora Turner, 1932,
 Rounded Rhapsa
CALPINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

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

The adult moth of this species has brown forewings, with a pattern including a dark-edged white dot, and a black-edged orange kidney-shaped spot, and a dark serrated, sometimes spotted, submarginal arc. The hindwings are pale brown and crossed by two faint dark serrated arcs. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

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

The moths have long hairy labial palps, which they often project straight in front of the head.

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

The species has been found in :

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

    Rhapsa eretmophora
    close-up of head
    (Photo: courtesy of Elaine McDonald, Nicholls Rivulet, Tasmania)

    Further reading :

    Peter Marriott,
    Moths of Victoria - Part 8,
    Night Moths and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA(B)    ,
    Entomological Society of Victoria, 2017, pp. 12-13.

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    New Australian Lepidoptera,
    Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
    Volume 56 (1932), p. 180.

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    (written 9 May 2019, updated 22 September 2019, 17 August 2021)