Anestia semiochrea, the marbled footman, is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1886.[1] It is found in Australian Capital Territory, Queensland and New South Wales.
Marbled footman | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Anestia |
Species: | A. semiochrea
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Binomial name | |
Anestia semiochrea (Butler, 1886)
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The female has only vestigial wings (it is brachypterous).[2]
The larvae feed on lichen.
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (26 October 2015). "Anestia semiochrea (Butler, 1886)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
- ^ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (17 July 2019). "Anestia semiochrea (Butler, 1886) Marbled Footman". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 16 October 2019.