They are brown with two white spots on each segment. They are loopers with only two pairs of prolegs. They grow to a length of about 4 cms.

The Caterpillars pupate in a loose cocoon in the debris on the soil surface.

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

The adult moth has brown forewings with a line across them, and yellow hindwings. Each wing has a dark dot in the middle of it. In its natural posture, the forewings are held like a triangle, and cover the bright hindwings. The lines on each forewing are aligned to look like the midvein of a leaf. The wingspan can reach up to 4 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of Ken Harris, Morwell Park, Victoria)

The species may be found in the south-eastern quarter of Australia, including

Further reading :

Pat and Mike Coupar,
Flying Colours, New South Wales University Press, Sydney 1992, p. 45.

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(updated 19 July 2011)