These caterpillars are pale brown with wavy creamy lines along the length of the body.

(Photo: copyright Cathy Young)

The adult moths of this species are orange with a broad pattern of red dots.

(Photo: copyright Cathy Young)

The oval eggs are laid in loose clumps, and are initially white, turning purple as hatching approaches.

Further reading :

Catherine J. Young,
Characterisation of the Australian Nacophorini and a Phylogeny for the Geometridae from Molecular and Morphological Data, Ph.D. thesis, University of Tasmania, 2003.

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