Netria viridescens Walker, 1855
(one synonym: Syntypistis arisemna)
NOTODONTINAE ,   NOTODONTIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley


(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda)

This caterpillar is green with a dark dorsal line, and a pale yellow line along each side. It also has a series of diagonal yellow lines along each side, and black-ringed white spiracles. The caterpillar is chubby, and has a pink-tipped forked tail. The caterpillar hides underneath the leaves of its foodplant. It has been found feeding on:

  • Sapodilla ( Manilkara sapota ),
  • Bullet Wood ( Mimusops species), and
  • Bully Trees ( Sidoxylon species ),

    all in SAPOTACEAE.

    The adult moths of this species are dimorphic. The males have a wingspan of about 5 cms. The females have a wingspan of about 8 cms. Both sexes have green forewings with a broad brown band across each one, and have brown hindwings, but the males are rather paler than the females.

    The species occurs across south-east Asia, including

  • Borneo,
  • Hong Kong,
  • India,
  • Taiwan,
    as well as in Australia in
  • Queensland.

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    (updated 11 January 2012)