Termessa shepherdi

Termessa shepherdi, the shepherd's footman, is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. The species was first described by Newman in 1856.^[1] It is found in the Australian states of New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania.

Termessa shepherdi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Termessa
Species:	T. shepherdi
Binomial name
Termessa shepherdi Newman, 1856

The wingspan is about 25 mm.^[2]