Double Yellow-patched Footman
Lichen moth
T. gratiosa, T. diplographa
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© Australian Museum
Fast Facts
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Classification
- Genus
- Termessa
- Species
- zonophanes
- Subfamily
- Lithosiinae
- Family
- Arctiidae
- Super Family
- Noctuoidea
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Class
- Insecta
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Kingdom
- Animalia
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- Life history mode
- terrestrial, volant
Introduction
T. zonophanes seems to have a strange distribution, with specimens collected from northern Queensland as well as northwestern Victoria.
Identification
T. zonophanes has more black markings on the body compared to similar species such as T. gratiosa and T. diplographa
DISCLAIMER: The identifications presented on these pages should be taken as indicative only. As with many groups of Australian insects there has been no formal revision of the Lithosiinae in recent years, and there are many undescribed species present in collections. Many species are superficially similar, and require a specialist to separate them.
Distribution
Disjunct records between the Wimmera in Victoria north to Ravenshoe in Queensland.
Feeding and diet
Larvae probably feed on lichens
Further reading
The majority of images of Lithosiinae presented on these pages were taken from specimens housed in the Australian National Insect Collection (ANIC) (CSIRO, Canberra). I would like to thank the staff and researchers at ANIC for their generous assistance in providing me access to this collection, and I acknowledge the depth of effort and the investment of staff time that has gone into building and curating this splendid resource. In particular, I would like to thank Ted Edwards and Marianne Horak for their assistance.
