This Caterpillar is thin and pale green, with the head end extended into two horn-like points with red tips.

(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott)

The adult moths are green Emeralds, and the wings having a red border. The wings also have a vestigial spot in the middle, unlike those of the Emerald Chlorocoma cadmaria. The wings are rounded, unlike those of the Emerald Chlorocoma tetraspila. The abdomen has a pale dorsal stripe.

underside
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott)

The eggs are round, flattened, and yellow, and covered in minute dimples. They are laid singly.

close-up of eggs
(Photo: copyright Cathy Young)

The species has been found in:

Tasmania.

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(updated 3 November 2011)