Cataclysta camptozonale (Hampson, 1897)
(previously known as : Oligostigma camptozonale)
 NYMPHULINAE    ,    CRAMBIDAE

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


(Photo: courtesy of USDA-ARS/CSIRO Australian Biological Control Lab, Indooroopilly, Queensland).

This Caterpillar feeds on various ferns ( POLYPODIOPHYTA ) from the family SCHIZAEACEAE, including :

  • Climbimg Maidenhair ( Lygodium microphyllum ),
  • Japanese Climbing Fern ( Lygodium japonicum, and
  • Hartford Fern ( Lygodium palmatum ).


    (Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda).

    The adult moths have pale wings, with brown curved lines across them, and with narrow yellow margins containing black dots. The moths have a wingspan of about 1 cm.

    The species is indigenous to Australia, and occurs in

  • Queensland, and
  • Northern Territory.

    The species is being considered for the control of its foodplant which has become a pest in Florida, USA.

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    (updated 19 May 2011)