(erroneously referred to as: Opodiphtera fervida)
SATURNIIDAE
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(Photo: courtesy of
Buck Richardson, Kuranda)
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(Photo: courtesy of
Buck Richardson, Kuranda)
These Caterpillars are stout and black with raised red warts supporting bunches of branched white hairs. The Caterpillars have a brown head, white spiracles, and a red line along each side of the body. The Caterpillars feed on the vines from the plant family PRIMULACEAE such as :
They pupate usually on plants growing below the food plant in a tough oval cocoon.
The adult moths are yellow with a brown eyespot on each wing, and a brown line across each wing. The moths have a wingspan of about 8 cms.
The species is found in
Further reading :
D.A. Lane, Notes on the Life History of Opodiphthera fervida (Jordan) (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae), The Australian Entomologist, Volume 21, Part 2 (July 1994), pp. 37-38.
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(updated 22 January 2011)