(previously known as : Opsirrhina cyclomela)
LASIOCAMPINAE , LASIOCAMPIDAE
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com ),
and
Graeme Cocks
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 30 August 2008)
(Photo: copyright
Graeme Cocks, Townsville)
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com ),
and
Graeme Cocks
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 30 August 2008)
(Photo: copyright
Graeme Cocks, Townsville)
This is a brown Caterpillar with sparse stiff dark hairs emanating from warts along the back. It has denser hairs like a skirt along each side. It was found was decending from :
although it was not observed feeding.
The moths are brown with a tiny white spot near the centre, and some faint spotted and wiggly submarginal lines across each forewing. The abdomen of the male is banded in black and yellow, but that of the female is plain brown. The moths have a wingspan up to 5 cms.
The species is found in
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, pl. 12.17, p. 390.
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