Arrhythmica semifusca Turner, 1940 LITHOSIINI,   ARCTIINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Siobhan Leachman, of the Australian Museum, and the Forest Grove, Western Australia)

The adult moths of this species have white forewings each with a variable pattern of dark brown markings. The hindwings are yellow, each with a broad pale brown band around the margins. The thorax and abdomen are dark brown. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

The male moths have a yellow tuft hairs on the tip of the abdomen.

(Photo: courtesy of Dave Britton, of the Australian Museum, and the Australian National Insect Collection)

The species is found in Australia in

Western Australia.

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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. 73, No. 49.

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(written 10 June 2017, updated 29 January 2023)