(Photo: courtesy of the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 16 March 2008)
This Caterpillar is green, with a yellow stripe along each side, and two yellow stripes on the last segment. It was found in Sydney feeding on
The adult moth is either brown or grey, with a pattern including a broken dark band across its forewings. It has a wingspan of about 4 cms.
The species occurs across south-east Asia, from India to New Caledonia, including
and
in eastern Australia.
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 463.
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