Termessa amorpha Turner, 1940 Unpleasing Footman LITHOSIINI,   ARCTIINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Helen Wakefield, Bullsbrook, Western Australia)

The moths of this species have speckled grey-brown forewings, each with up to three fuzzy dark spots. The hindwings are pale grey with a vague dark mark near the middle. The moths have a wingspan of about 3.5 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of Dave Britton, Australian Museum)

The species occurs in

Western Australia.

The genus in which this species has been placed is inappropriate.

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Further reading:

A. Jefferis Turner,
A revision of the Australian Arctiidae (Lepidoptera),
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 51 (1940), p. 113, No. 186.

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(updated 11 May 2013, 8 September 2021)