(Specimen: courtesy of the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 25 March 2004)
The Caterpillar of this species feeds on many plants, including:
The adult moth is fawn with variable dark markings, and a line parallel to the margin of each fore wing, and a dark edge to each hind wing. It also appears to have a black face. It has a wing span of about 4 cms.
The species may be found over the southern half of Australia, as well as islands in the south Pacific.
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common, Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 450.
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