Gymnoscelis species EUPITHECIINI,   LARENTIINAE,   GEOMETRIDAE,   GEOMETROIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: Don Herbison-Evans, Bundaberg, Queensland)

These Caterpillars are a buff coloured loopers, and final instars have a brown mark on each segment.

(Photo: Don Herbison-Evans, Bundaberg, Queensland)

The caterpillars live communally in a shelter of leaves, dead leaves and frass joined by silk, on its food plant. The caterpillars have been found feeding on :

Mock Orange ( Pittosporum venulosum , PITTOSPORACEAE ),

and grow to a length of about 2 cms.

(Photo: Don Herbison-Evans, Bundaberg, Queensland)

The caterpillars pupate in the same shelter

(Photo: Don Herbison-Evans, Bundaberg, Queensland)

The adult is beige, with a dark pattern. The moth has a wingspan of about 3 cms.

It was found in

Queensland.

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(updated 31 March 2013)