(Photo: copyright Cathy Byrne)

The adult moths have dark brown forewings with white markings. The wingspan is about 4 cms. The adults fly in late autumn on sunny days, braving the often very cold conditions at high altitude at that time of the year. The moth has only been collected from Mt Field in Tasmania at about 1000 metres altitude.

(Photo: copyright Cathy Byrne)

The eggs are initially pale green, smooth, and ellipsoidal, with a large dimple. They each have a length of about 0.7 mm. They are laid singly and randomly (not in a row: they were arranged like that for the photo). As they approach hatching, they become brown.

young egg, highly magnified
(Photo: copyright Cathy Byrne)

The species is found in Tasmania.

several eggs, magnified less, placed in a row artificially
(Photo: copyright Cathy Byrne)

Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 364.

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(updated 30 November 2011, 30 July 2019)