Pinara species LASIOCAMPINAE,   LASIOCAMPIDAE,   BOMBYCOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of TimL, Australian National Botanical Gardens, Australian Capital Territory)

This is a pale brown Caterpillar with lateral hairs along both sides of its body. The hairs from the head curve forward. The caterpillar has two thin red-edged orange bands on the thorax. A thin dark dorsal line runs along the abdomen. Each abdominal segment has two scarlet dashes each side of the dorsal line. The length was about 6 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of Timl, Australian National Botanical Gardens, Australian Capital Territory)

The caterpillar has been found in

Australian Capital Territory.

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(written 29 January 2019)