These caterpillars have been found feeding on the foliage of various species in CASUARINACEAE.

The adults are white with brown markings. The thorax is white and hairy, with black markings that sometimes resemble a face. The female has a wingspan of about 6 cms. The male has a wingspan of about 4 cms.

male
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott, Victoria)

The species is found in

Victoria.

female
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott, Victoria)

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Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, pl. 12.15, p. 390.

Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Vol 1: Bombycoidea,
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2008, pp. 12,13.

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