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ANIMAL SPECIES:Hookwing Footman Termessa discrepans (Walker, 1865)

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Identification

The shape of the forewing is distinctive, with a falcate (hooked) wing tip. The broad black fascia in the forewing of T. discrepans reach the front margin of the wing (cf. T. conographa)

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

Coastal NSW and SE Queensland, Bairnsdale, Gembrook, Red Hill (VIC, Peter Marriott)

Habitat

Forested areas including open woodland

Behaviour and adaptations

Seasonality

November to February

Feeding and Diet

Larvae probably feed on lichens

Classification

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.

Dr Dave Britton , Collection Manager, Entomology
Last Updated: 2 October 2009

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Dave Britton
2.07 PM, 13 July 2009

Thanks Peter, I hope we will get a few more people looking out for specimens of these moths. The link to BioMaps that I have up on the pages is only good for specimens databased in the AM database at this stage (And I have a backlog of databasing to do!).

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Peter Marriott
2.07 PM, 13 July 2009

T. discrepans has been collected in Victoria. I have it from Mt Taylor near Bairnsdale and have noted one from Gembrook E. of Melbourne. In the Melbourne Museum there are a number from Red Hill on the Mornington Peninsula.

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