(previously known as Aciptilia albida) PTEROPHORINAE, PTEROPHORIDAE, PTEROPHORIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Debbie Matthews & Stella Crossley |
Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, from
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art
This caterpillar is reported to feed on :
The adult moth is white with a greenish tinge on the abdomen. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.
The species has been found in
and in Australia in
Further reading :
Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 185.
Philipp C. Zeller,
Revision der Pterophoriden,
Linnaea Entomologica,
Volume 6 (1852), pp. 397-398, No. 55.
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(written 16 October 2001, updated 17 May 2012)