Animal Species:Trischalis aureoplagiata (Rothschild, 1913)
This attractive purple and gold species comes in two forms.
Lithosiinae Trischalis aureoplagiata male
D. Britton
© Australian Museum
Identification
This distinctive species with rounded golden yellow forewings with metallic purple markings comes in two forms. One form has the outline of the purple marking only, and the other has the purple marking filled with grey-purple.
Distribution
In Australia this species has been collected from sites around Claudie River in northern QLD.
Distribution by collection data
Biomaps map of Trischalis aureoplagiata specimens from the Australian Museum database
Classification
- Species:
- aureoplagiata
- Genus:
- Trischalis
- Subfamily:
- Lithosiinae
- Family:
- Arctiidae
- Superfamily:
- Noctuoidea
- Order:
- Lepidoptera
- Class:
- Insecta
- Phylum:
- Arthropoda
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
Dr
Dave Britton
, Collection Manager, Entomology
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Tags lichen moths, Lithosiinae,
