The eggs of this species are green, and laid in an irregular array near the tip of the leaf of a foodplant.

The Caterpillar is a uniformly brown looper, with a smooth but wrinkled skin, and it has only two set of prolegs. Ours was found feeding on :

False Acacia ( Robinia pseudacacia, FABACEAE )

near Redfern Station in Sydney, and grew to about 4 cms.

It pupated in the soil.

(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda)

The adult moth emerged in only nine days, and was brownish-grey with wavy lines, and had a wingspan of about 4 cms.

(Specimen: courtesy of the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)

The species has been found in:

Queensland.

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