Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 27 September 2008)
female
(Photo: courtesy of
Buck Richardson, Kuranda)
This caterpillar is patchy grey in colour. It has been found feeding on:
The female adult moths of this species have forewings that are dark brown with several white spots. The hindwings are yellow with a broad black margin. The male moths have patchy brown forewings with no white spots, but the hindwings are orange with a broad black margin. For both sexes, the head and thorax are dark brown, but the abdomen is bright orange.
The species has been found in :
The adult moths are pests in Lychee and Carambola orchards. The moths pierce the fruit to suck the juice, thereby damaging the fruit and allowing the ingress of fungal spores and bacteria.
Various systems have been proposed for controlling the pest including:
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