Double Yellow-patched Footman
Male, dorsal
Ellura
Double Yellow-patched Footman
Male, Normal Stance
 
                      
Double Yellow-patched Footman (Termessa zonophanes)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
Family: Tiger Moth (:Noctuoidea Erebidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Double Yellow-patched Footman (Termessa zonophanes)
This Photo:     🔍Male, profile🔎

Thank you Prof Victor W Fazio III† for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~10mm long, ~28mm wingspan. A highly variable species.
Males & Females have filiform antennae, so the only way to separte them is with ventral shots. Of the two we photographed ventrally, they both appeared to be males.

Copyright © 2021-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 28-Mar-2021
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.