| Coastal Browntail Moth (one synonym : Porthesia irrorata Lucas, 1892) LYMANTRIINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | donherbisonevans@yahoo.com and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Part 2)
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| Coastal Browntail Moth (one synonym : Porthesia irrorata Lucas, 1892) LYMANTRIINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | donherbisonevans@yahoo.com and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Part 2)
This caterpillar is grey, with black verrucae, and with white spots on the thorax and tail segment.
The caterpillar has six red true legs at the front, and two red dorsal glands on the rear.
The caterpillar has been found feeding on
The cocoon of Euproctis semifusca is off-white and barrel-shaped.
The adult male moth has a brown body, and dark brown forewings. The hindwings are orange. The male moth has a wingspan of about 2 cms.
The female is black with white legs and a wide brown tuft on her tail. The female has long narrow forewings, and tiny hindwings, and she cannot fly.
The species has been found in
Further reading :
Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: part 2,
Tiger Moths and their Allies - Noctuoidea (A),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2009, pp. 16-19.
Thomas P. Lucas,
On 34 new species of Australian Lepidoptera, with additional localities,
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 8 (1892), pp. 77-78.
Francis Walker,
Characters of undescribed Lepidoptera Heterocera,
E.W. Janson, London, 1869, pp. 65-66, No. 4.
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(updated 2 August 2010, 12 December 2020, 12 March 2021, 3 April 2022)