Thosea threnopis Turner, 1931 (one synonym: Dasycomota pyrrhoea Lower, 1902) LIMACODIDAE,   ZYGAENOIDEA

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

Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, from
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art

The adult moth of this species is grey- brown, with one or sometimes two diagonal lines across each forewing separating pale and dark areas. The hindwings are plain pale brown. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in

Queensland.

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Further reading:

Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 106.

A. Jefferis Turner,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera: Supplementary,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 56 (1931), p. 334.

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(written 10 May 2016, updated 14 August 2019, 17 March 2021)