(Specimen: courtesy of the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 23 August 2004)
These Caterpillars have been known to attack:
This moth is brown with darker markings, and a marginal band outlined in black and white. There are two white marks and a rust brown patch on the termen of each fore wing. The adult moths are inclined to rest with a characteristic curvature in the wings. The wingspan is about 5 cms.
Underneath, the dark markings are more pronounced, and there are two red spots at the tornus of each hind wing.
The species is found from New Guinea to southern New South Wales and South Australia.
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common, Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 368.
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