![]() | IMMIDAE, IMMOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, from
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art
These Caterpillars have been found on
The adult moths of this species have grey/brown forewings each with a dark basal half, and a paler marginal half. The hindwings are white, each with black veins and a broad ragged brown band along the margin. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
This species has been found in :
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Larvae and pupae of Imma acosma (Turner) and I. vaticina Meyrick
(Lepidoptera: Immidae), and the taxonomic relationships of the family,
Journal of the Australian Entomological Society,
Vol. 18 (1979), pp. 33-38.
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, fig. 29.14, p. 312.
Edward Meyrick,
Exotic Microlepidoptera,
Volume 1, Part 2 (1912), p. 39.
Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 98.
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(created 27 May 2013)