Thyrassia inconcinna

Thyrassia inconcinna is a species of moth in the family Zygaenidae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1892. It is found in Queensland, Australia.[1]

Thyrassia inconcinna
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Zygaenidae
Genus: Thyrassia
Species:
T. inconcinna
Binomial name
Thyrassia inconcinna
Synonyms
  • Monoschalis mimetica Turner, 1902
  • Thyrassia mimetica

There are at least two generations per year.

The length of the forewings is 10–11 mm for males and 12-12.5 mm for females. The forewings are large, triangular, grey brown with a short orange-yellow basal streak, three large, whitish-yellow spots at two-thirds and two small spots of the same colour close to the apex. The hindwings are small and rounded. There are three partially confluent yellow spots on the base of the wing.[1]

The larvae feed on Vitis species.

References

  1. Tarmann, Gerhard M. (2004). Zygaenid moths of Australia: a revision of the Australian Zygaenidae, (Procridinae: Artonini). CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 978-0-643-06798-1.


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