This species was probably named in 1856 after William Macleay, a great international entomologist like his father: Alexander Macleay. He added his collection to his father's in founding the Macleay Museum at the University of Sydney.

The Caterpillars of this species feed on :

Whitewood ( Endospermum medullosum, EUPHORBIACEAE ).

(Specimen: courtesy of the The Australian Museum)

The adult moths are dark brown with a diagonal white stripe across each wing., They have a wingspan of about 13 cms.

underside
(Specimen: courtesy of the The Australian Museum)

They occur in the tropical north of Australia.

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Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common, Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 384.

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