Anestia semiochrea Butler, 1886 is a animal in the Erebidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Anestia semiochrea Butler, 1886
Anestia semiochrea, the marbled footman, is a brachypterous female Australian arctiine moth whose larvae eat lichen.
Anestia semiochrea, commonly known as the marbled footman, is a moth species belonging to the subfamily Arctiinae. Arthur Gardiner Butler first described this species in 1886. This moth can be found in the Australian Capital Territory, Queensland, and New South Wales. Female individuals of this species are brachypterous, meaning they only have vestigial wings. The larvae of Anestia semiochrea feed on lichen.
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