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(Photo: courtesy of
Jean and Fred Hort,
Flynn, Western Australia)
This Caterpillar is black with extensive yellow markings. It has red prolegs and an orange final segment to the abdomen, which has a pair of long black filaments. The caterpillars have been found feeding on
The adult moths have variable patchy brown and grey forewings. The hindwings are off-white with broad grey margins. The wingspan is about 4 cms.
The species is found in
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 420, Fig. 42.8.
A. Jefferis Turner,
Lepidopterological gleanings,
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
Volume 29 (1917), p. 73.
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(written 19 October 2017, updated 21 September 2022)