Later instars separate and feed in solitude. They are yellow and hairy, with a dorsal black spot on each of the first two abdominal segments, and a dark band along each side of the body. They have orange legs and a brown head.

They become communal again at pupation time. They pupate in adjacent cocoons, between leaves of the food plant.

(Photo: courtesy of Jim Foster, taken at Evans Head, NSW)

The adult moths have fore wings that are dark brown speckled with silver flecks, with a large white spot near the centre, a broken yellow line along the termen and costa, and a subterminal row of cream spots. They have a wingspan of about 2 cms.

The species has been found in

Further reading :

Paul Zborowski and Ted Edwards,
A Guide to Australian Moths, CSIRO Publishing, 2007, p. 173.

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(updated 3 January 2012)