| (previously known as Gadirthra hades) Chestnut Crest CATOCALINI, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
David Akers,
Won Wron, Victoria)
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| (previously known as Gadirthra hades) Chestnut Crest CATOCALINI, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
David Akers,
Won Wron, Victoria)
The caterpillar of this species is brown with a pale dorsal line. There is also a dull orangish line along each side.
The caterpillar is missing the first two pairs of prolegs. The head seems to have two black-edged white eyes.
There is a forked dorsal knob on the last segment with black tips.
The caterpillar has been found feeding on
The adult moth is brown with forewings that each have a pattern of dark lines, with a prominent black line from the base to the middle of the wing, and often has some white spots near the middle. In its resting pose, the moth erects a crest of hairs on its head.
The hindwings are off-white with a broad dark border, and a shadowy comma mark near the middle. The moth has a wing span of about 3 cms.
The species may be found in
Further reading
Oswald B. Lower,
Descriptions of New Australian Noctuina, etc.,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 27 (1903), p. 36.
Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria - Part 8,
Night Moths and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA(B),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2017, pp. 16-17.
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(updated 13 April 2013, 22 August 2023)