(previously known as : Orgyia athlophora)
LYMANTRIIDAE
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 19 May 2006)
(Specimen: courtesy of the
The Australian Museum)
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 19 May 2006)
(Specimen: courtesy of the
The Australian Museum)
This Caterpillar feeds on:
The adult male moth has forewings with a pattern of dark and light brown and a white patch on the wingtips. It has plain pale brown hind wings. and has a hairy brown body, It has a wingspan of about 3 cms. The females are flightless and have only vestigial wings. The species occurs over the south-west quarter of Australia.
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 429.
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