oops: slightly missing the starboard rear wing!
(Specimen: courtesy of the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 24 August 2004)
The Caterpillars of this species have been found feeding on :
The adult moths have dark brown wings with a diagonal line from near the wingtip to halfway along the rear edge of each forewing. They have a wingspan of about 2 cms.
The above specimen was taken in Wingham, New South Wales.
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common, Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 448.
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