Termioptycha eucarta (R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) (previously known as Ethnistis eucarta) EPIPASCHIINAE,   PYRALIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA

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

male
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

This adult male moth has a bold black, brown, and off-white pattern on the forewings. The hindwings are orange-brown, shading darkerr at the margins. On the tail, it has a tuft of hairs. It rests with its tail lifted upward. The female is similar, but is brighter and has no tail tuft.

female
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

The species is found across south-east Asia, including

Queensland.

male, drawing by Rudolf Felder & Alois F. Rogenhofer, listed as Ethnistis eucarta,
Reise der Osterreichischen Fregatte Novara,
Band 2, Abtheilung 2 (1875), Plate CXXXVI, fig. 28,
image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitized by Smithsonian Libraries.

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Further reading :

Rudolf Felder & Alois F. Rogenhofer,
Zoologischer Theil: Lepidoptera,
Reise der Osterreichischen Fregatte Novara,
Band 2, Abtheilung 2 (5) (1875), p. 9, and also Plate 136, fig. 28.

Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 188.

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(updated 23 August 2012, 13 September 2015)