Notarcha aurolinealis (Walker, 1859)
(referred to by Common as Lygropia quaternalis)
(one synonym : Botys faustalis)
 SPILOMELINI   ,     PYRAUSTINAE   ,     CRAMBIDAE

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


(Photo: courtesy of Evan Harris, Ipswich)

This caterpillar is green with a brown head. It has been found in a shelter made by rolling a leaftip of its foodplant:

  • Paddy's Lucerne ( Sida rhombifolia, MALVACEAE ).


    (Specimen: courtesy of the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)

    The moth has white and yellow patterned wings with one black dot near the centre and two on the costa of each forewing. It has a wingspan of about 2 cms.

    Specimens of this species have been caught in :

  • Victoria,
  • New South Wales and
  • Queensland.
    It also appears to occur (listed as Lygropia quaternalis) in
  • Hong Kong, and
  • Thailand

    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, pl. 9.40, p. 356.

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    (updated 27 March 2011)