Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 21 January 2008)
(Picture: by Mell, 1922, courtesy of Tony Pittaway and Ian Kitching,
The Natural History Museum, London)
The Caterpillars of this species are initially green, but later instars are brown. The caterpillars are an agricultural pest, feeding on :
The caterpillars can grow to a length of 12 cms.
The adult moths have light and dark brown wings. The moth has a wingspan of about 9 cms.
It is found from India to the south-west Pacific, including
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 415.
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