Termessa orthocrossa Turner, 1922 LITHOSIINI,   ARCTIINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Peter Hendry, Sheldon, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species have pale yellow wings. The forewings have thin black lines along the costa and the margin, and are crossed by two broad wavy black bands. The hindwings have a broad black band around the margin. In some individuals: the forewing and hindwing bands are shrunken into spots on the edge of the wing. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of Dave Britton)

The species has been found in :

New South Wales.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
Studies in Australian Lepidoptera,
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria,
Volume 35, Part 1 (1922), p. 32.

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(written 9 October 2023)