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.
Anestia semiochrea | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Anestia |
Species: | A. semiochrea |
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Anestia semiochrea (Butler, 1886) | |
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The female has only vestigial wings (it is brachypterous).[2]
The larvae feed on lichen.
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