Early instars are yellow with black dorsal markings.

caterpillar with its recently discarded skin of previous instar
(Photo: courtesy of Craig Nieminski, Darwin)

Later instars of this species are yellow, with two white hair pencils behind the thorax, and with rows of lateral tufts of white hair, and a few scattered black hairs. The head is yellow with two vertical black marks like eyes.

(Photo: courtesy of Craig Nieminski, Darwin)

The caterpillars have been found feeding on:

Billy Goat Plum. ( Terminalia ferdinandiana, COMBRETACEAE ).

(Photo: courtesy of Craig Nieminski, Darwin)

The adult moths are pale brown with several submarginal bands on each wing. The forewings usually have two small black-edged white spots, one band running between the spots.

(Photo: courtesy of Craig Nieminski, Darwin)

The eggs are white with a black spot and are laid in a line along the edge of a leaf

(Photo: courtesy of Craig Nieminski, Darwin)

The species has been found in

Queensland.

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(updated 12 September 2011)