Thermeola tasmanica Hampson, 1900 LITHOSIINI,   ARCTIINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

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

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

The adult moths of this species have brown forewings. The males have a vague dark band across the middle, which is thought to emit pheromones. The hindwings are plain pale yellowish brown. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

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

Although this species is larger, it looks superficially like Ctenosia infuscata.

The species is found in Australia in

Tasmania.

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Further reading :

George F. Hampson,
Catalogue of the Arctiadae (Nolinae, Lithosianae) in the Collection of the British Museum,
Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum,
Volume 2 (1900), p. 96, No. 169 and fig. 30

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(written 11 June 2017, updated 12 June 2019, 27 February 2020, 23 August 2021)