This Caterpillar normally lives under loose bark on Gum trees, feeding on lichens, algae and moss.

(Specimen: courtesy of the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)

The adult moth is white with a coloured edging around each forewing. This edging is black except at the wingtips where it is orange. There are two black spots on the termen of each forewing, and one on the tip of each hindwing. It has a wingspan of about 2.5 cms.

The species is found in:

Victoria.

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Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, pl. 31.1, p. 436.

Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Vol 2: ARCTIIDAE AND ITS ALLIES,
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2009, pp. 22-23.

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