Parotis atlitalis (Walker, 1859)
(previously known as : Margaronia atlitalis)
 SPILOMELINI   ,     PYRAUSTINAE   ,     CRAMBIDAE

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


The Caterpillars of this species have been found feeding on:

  • Cheese Tree ( Glochidion ferdinandi , EUPHORBIACEAE ).

    The adults are a beautiful green colour, with a brown line around the edge of fore wing. They have a wing span of about 3 cms. They are found over most of the northern half of Australia.

    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, pl. 9.23, p. 358.

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    (updated 29 November 2011)