Search & Identify
Banded Smooth Caterpillars
in Australia
  
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


Argina astrea

black and white bands,
black head,
feeds on any green leaves

Brithys crini

black and white bands,
brown head,
feeds on AMARYLLIDACEAE

Cethosia cydippe

black and yellow bands,
feeds on PASSIFLORACEAE

Tyria jacobaeae

black and yellow bands,
feeds on Ragwort

Agarista agricola

black and white bands,
except the band behind the thorax, and the antepenultimate band, are orange.

Agarista agricola

last instar,
black and orange bands

Avatha subumbra

black, with bands of white shading to yellow at each end, except the band behind the thorax is red.

Capasa recensata

bands of
black, white, red and yellow

Comocrus behri

black and white bands,
orange head, tail and feet
feeds on Mistletoe

AGARISTINAE

black, orange, and white bands

DANAINAE

bands of various colours,
several fleshy tentacles


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(written 17 July 2020, updated 17 February 2021)