This Caterpillar is yellow, with rows of black spots and white spots along its length, and a red spot on each of the penultimate two segments. Each black spot has a bunch of black hairs sticking out from it, and it has two sparse black hair pencils sticking out diagonally from each side of its head. It has been found on :

Peach tree ( Prunus persica, ROSACEAE )

growing to a length of about 2 cms.

In captivity, it pupated in a sparse cocoon at the bottom of its container.

It has been found near Bundaberg in Queensland.

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