Halone consolatrix (Rosenstock, 1899) Marbled Halone (one synonym: Mosoda hemichroa Turner, 1885) LITHOSIINI,   ARCTIINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans, (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott, Moths of Victoria - Part 2)

This caterpillar is greenish grey and hairy, with black and white markings. It appears to feed on algae growing outdoors on brick, stone and wood. It grows to a length of about 1 cm.

camouflaged cocoon

empty pupal case in opened cocoon

(Photos: courtesy of Wendy Moore, Victoria)

It pupates near its feeding area in a crevice in a cocoon covered with bits of local detritus.

(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott, Moths of Victoria - Part 2)

The male and female adult moths of this species are very similar. They have dark grey forewings each with two jagged dark bands across them. The hindwings are yellow with brown margins. The wingspan is about to 2.5 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott, Moths of Victoria - Part 2)

The species has been found in:

South Australia.

underside
(Photo: courtesy of Laura Levens, Upper Beaconsfield, Victoria)

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Further reading :

Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria - Part 2,
Tiger Moths and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA (A),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2009, pp. 20-21, 24-25.

Rudolph Rosenstock,
Notes on Australian Lepidoptera, with descriptions of new species,
Annals and Magazine of Natural History,
Volume 5, Part 16 (1885), p. 381, No. 445.

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(updated 2 May 2013, 26 September 2023)