(Photo: courtesy of Neil Hewett, Cooper Creek, North Queensland)

The adult moths are brown and yellow with a wingspan of about 8 cms. They feed on nectar and also the juice of damaged ripe fruit.

They are inhabitants of south-east Asia, the islands of the south Pacific, and the north-east quarter of Australia.

Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 451.

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