(Specimen: courtesy of the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)
The Caterpillar pupates in a cocoon covered in bits of bark, on the trunk of a food tree.
The adult is brown, with zig-zag markings on each forewing. The moth has a wingspan of about 5 cms.
The species is found over the whole south-east quarter of Australia.
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common, Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 390.
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