Thallarcha sparsana Walker, 1863 is a animal in the Erebidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Thallarcha sparsana Walker, 1863

Thallarcha sparsana Walker, 1863

The fair footman (Thallarcha sparsana) is an Arctiinae moth found in three eastern Australian states.

Family
Genus
Thallarcha
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Thallarcha sparsana Walker, 1863

Thallarcha sparsana, commonly known as the fair footman, is a moth species belonging to the subfamily Arctiinae. Francis Walker first described this species in 1863. It occurs in the Australian states of Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland.

Photo: (c) Ian McMillan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Ian McMillan · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Erebidae Thallarcha

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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