(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO Entomology)
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 11 February 2005)
These caterpillars feed on the foliage of various species of :
The adults are brown or grey, with a white triangular patch on each forewing. The male moth has a wingspan of about 2.5 cms. The female moth has a wingspan of about 3.5 cms.
The species is found over the eastern half of mainland Australia.
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common, Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 390.
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