cocoon
(Photo: courtesy of Geoff Byrne, Broome, Western Australia)

The caterpillar pupated in pale brown oval cocoon.

female
(Photo: courtesy of David Rentz, Kuranda, Queensland)

The wings of the adult female moths of this species are dark grey, each with a submarginal arc of pale spots. The forewings also have a pale brown area and pale speckles at at the bases.

(Photo: courtesy of Geoff Byrne, Broome, Western Australia)

The thorax is covered in long brown or black scales, which are lost easily to reveal a bald brown patch. The abdomen is black, tipped with a bunch of golden hairs.

(Photo: courtesy of Australian Museum)

The males are similar to the females except for the forewings, which are white each with a curvy dark submarginal line. Both sexes have a wingspan of about 4 cms.

The species has been found in

Further reading :

Thomas P. Lucas,
On Queensland and other Australian Macro-Lepidoptera, with localities, and descriptions of new species,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 2, Volume 4, Part 4 (1890), pp. 1088-1089.

Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, pp. 177-178.

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(written 11 January 2012, updated 7 April 2019, 6 February 2021, 20 April 2022)