and they have also been found feeding on:

They remain well hidden by wrapping themselves around the flowers.

(Photo: courtesy of Laura Levens, Upper Beaconsfield, Victoria))

The adults vary from green to grey with a grey pattern but the green specimens fade to grey after death. The forewings have a bulge on the costa. The moths have fringes of pink hairs.

(Photo: courtesy of Laura Levens, Upper Beaconsfield, Victoria))

The undersides are plain. In their resting position, the moths have their wings outspread, which makes them difficult to see when resting on the bark of a tree. The moths have a wingspan of about 4 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of Laura Levens, Upper Beaconsfield, Victoria))

The species is found in

Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, fig. 54.2, pp. 67, 377.

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(updated 11 June 2011)