These caterpillars are brown, with a pale knobbly back.

(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda)

At rest, they coil around a twig,

pupal covering
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda)

The pupa is brown, and formed in a nest of leaves joined by silk.

pupa uncovered
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda)

The adult moth of this species has dark brown forewings. The males have pale patches on the forewings. The hindwings are white with a broad dark brown margin. The moths have a slight purplish suffusion.

male
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda)

The underside is black, with a white bar across each forewing, and a large white basal patch on each hindwung.

(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda)

The species occurs in

Queensland.

female
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda)

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(updated 27 January 2011)