Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 30 September 2004)
Male
(Specimen: courtesy of the
Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)
The Caterpillar feeds the foliage of :
The adult male and female moths are different in appearance. The female has brown forewings, and black hindwings with a broad orange margin. The male moth has transparent forewings, each with dark brown base and margin, and hindwings like those of the female: black with an orange margin. Both sexes have a wingspan of about 4 cms.
The species is found in the south-eastern quarter of Australia.
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common, Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 391.
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