Coenotoca subaspersa (Walker, [1865])
(one synonym : Argyrolepidia fluitans)
AGARISTINAE ,  NOCTUIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Ian F.B. Common & Stella Crossley

(updated 3 June 2003)

Coenotoca subaspersa
(Photo from: Moths of Australia)

This Caterpillar is reported to feed on:

  • Five-Leaved Water Vine ( Cissus hypoglauca ),
  • Slender Grape ( Cayratia clematidea ),
  • Virginia Creeper ( Parthenocissus ), and
  • Grape Vine ( Vitis vinifera ),

    all of VITACEAE.

    The adult moth is black with a diagonal white bar across each of the forewings.

    The species occurs in Queensland and New South Wales.

    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 464.

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