| (previously known as Dreata deficiens) ANTHELINAE, ANTHELIDAE, BOMBYCOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Maria Rosenfelder,
Sunshine Coast Hinterland, Queensland)
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| (previously known as Dreata deficiens) ANTHELINAE, ANTHELIDAE, BOMBYCOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Maria Rosenfelder,
Sunshine Coast Hinterland, Queensland)
The caterpillar of this species is dark brown with yellow verrucae, bearing clusters of long white hairs around clusters of long black hairs.
The head appears to have a pair of dark brown eyes with a white triangular face.
The caterpillar has been found feeding on
The caterpillar grows to a length of about 5 cms. It pupates amongst dead leaves and ground debris, in a white silky cocoon, which has a length of about 4 cms.
The adult moth is basically pale brown, and sometimes has a number of variable irregular dark brown spots, as well as a submarginal arc of dark dots, and a narrow curved line across each wing. The wingspan is about 5 cms.
The species has been found in:
Further reading :
Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 10.
Francis Walker,
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 32, Supplement 2 (1865), pp. 374-375.
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(updated 13 April 2011, 5 October 2023)