Species Termessa laeta Walker, 1856

Termessa laeta (Walker, 1856), male

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Museums

Regional Maps

• Termessa laeta Walker, F. 1856. Lepidoptera Heterocera. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 7: 1508-1808 [incl. Index to parts 1-7] [published May 1856] [1689].

Generic Combinations

• Castulo laeta (Walker, 1856). —
  Hampson, G.F. 1900. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Arctiadae (Nolinae, Lithosianae) in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 2 xx 589 pp. [535]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial, volant.

General References

Edwards, E.D. 1996. Arctiidae. pp.278-286 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM. [279] (Note #543: Termessa laeta Walker, 1856. The specimen marked as 'type' in BMNH and published as the ‘type’ by Hampson (1900) cannot have been part of the type series as it was acquired by the BMNH after the date of publication. The name is retained here in its traditional identity following Hampson (1900) until a syntype can be identified)

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