Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 16 September 2010)

(Photo: courtesy of
Buck Richardson, Kuranda)
These caterpillars are a pest on:

The adult moth has brown patterned forewings. The hindwings are yellow with dark brown margins. The wingspan is about 4 cms.
The species is found across the south Pacific, including:
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, pl. 20.10, p. 448.
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