Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
and
Mike & Pat Coupar
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 30 March 2008)
(Photo from:
"Flying Colours", Coupar & Coupar, 1992)
This is a brown, hairy Caterpillar with a pale yellow chevron mark on its back near the tail. It feeds on:
It grows to a length of up to 6 cms.
It pupates in a cocoon on the foodplant.
The male and female adult moths are very different. The females are stout and brown, with a wingspan of about 5 cms. The males are smaller with a white spot in the middle of each forewing. They have a wingspan of about 4 cms.
The species occurs in New South Wales and Victoria.
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 389.
Pat and Mike Coupar,
Flying Colours,
New South Wales University Press, Sydney 1992, p. 58.
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