Black-lined Tuft-moth (one synonym : Celama chionocrana Turner, 1944) NOLINAE, NOLIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Elaine McDonald, Nicholls Rivulet, Tasmania)
These Caterpillars are pale greyish green, with several verrucae around each segment which have spiky grey bristles. There is a black wiggly line along each side of the back, and a black band across the back of abdominal segments one and five.
The caterpillar has been reared on
The caterpillar pupated in a cocoon decorated with bits of Lichen.
The adult moth has off-white forewings each with a pattern of black zigzag lines and dots. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species has been found in :
Further reading :
George F. Hampson,
Catalogue of the Arctiadae (Nolinae, Lithosianae) in the Collection of the British Museum,
Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum,
Volume 2 (1900), p. 43, No. 86, and also
Plate 19, fig. 12.
Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: part 2,
Tiger Moths and their Allies - Noctuoidea (A),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2009, pp. 34-35.
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(updated 6 July 2013, 24 May 2019)