Initial instars of this Caterpillar are green, but the final instar may also be brown:

(Photo: courtesy of Merlin Crossley)

Both forms have a pair of small white posterior spots. The Caterpillar is very similar to that of the related species Neumichtis nigerrima in this regard, although the adults are more easily distinguished.

Its food plants include various garden weeds and herbaceous plants, for example:

Potato ( Solanum tuberosum, SOLANACEAE ).

(Photo: courtesy of Merlin Crossley)

The moth has brown patterned fore wings with a white spot near the centre of each.

male
Illustration number 14, in Plate CIV of Hampson's Noctuidae of the British Museum, 1903-1913.
(Courtesy of Joe Kunkel, University of Massachusetts)

The species occurs in south-eastern Australia, including:

Tasmania.

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Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, fig. 49.16, pp. 65, 465, 467.

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(updated 9 August 2011)