The species is heavily parasitised by wasps and flies.
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(updated 1 July 2007)
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This Caterpillar starts of as one of a row of eggs. The eggs are white and ovate, and have a diameter of about 1.5 mm.
The young Caterpillars are yellow with a black line along each side, a black head and tail, and are covered in stiff hairs.
Later they become olive green with pink-tipped tubercles each of which has a cluster of short stiff hairs.
They have been found feeding on the leaves of various trees, including :
The Caterpillar pupates in an oval cocoon on the food plant or nearby vegetation.
There is a considerable variation in the coloration of adults of this species. The basic adult moth is yellow with two zig-zag brown or pink lines across each wing. The forewings each have a transparent spot in the middle. There is also wine-red variety. The male has recurved wingtips to the forewings, whereas the females have rounded forewing tips. The moth typically has a wingspan of 10 cms. The species occurs on
The species is heavily parasitised by wasps and flies.
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