Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 18 April 2008)
early instar
(Photo: courtesy of the
Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)
This Caterpillar is grey-brown and smooth, with a zigzag pattern along the sides.
These markings fade in later instars. In Sydney, the caterpillar was found feeding on:
It grows to a length of about 3 cms.
The adult moth is brown with a wavy pattern of darker brown. It has a wingspan of about 3 cms. Some specimens are paler than others. Some have four white dots, one on the outer edge of each wing.
Some have a large orange patch on each forewing.
The specimens shown were all obtained in Sydney. The species occurs from Cairns in Queensland to Sydney in New South Wales.
Further reading :
Olga Schmidt
Revision of Scotocyma Turner
(Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae)
Australian Journal of Entomology,
Volume 44 (2005), pp. 257–278.
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