Metrocampa ada (Butler, 1882)
(previously known as : Campaea ada)
 LITHININI ,   ENNOMINAE ,   GEOMETRIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
and
Cathy Young & Stella Crossley


(Photo: copyright Cathy Young)

These caterpillars are brown with a yellow stripe along each side and dark markings. The feed on :

  • Bracken ( Pteridium esculentum, DENNSTAEDTIACEAE ).


    (Photo: copyright Cathy Young)

    The adult moth is pale brown with a pale submarginal stripe. The forewings have hooktips and a marginal cusp.


    eggs, magnified
    (Photo: copyright Cathy Young)

    The eggs are spherical and white, developing red markings as hatching approaches.

    The species is found southern Australia.

    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 366.

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    (updated 18 June 2005)