They pupate in individual cocoons inside a large communal cocoon the length of which can measure up to 30 cms.

The adult moths of this species are brown with an eyespot on each wing. There is one dark line across each forewing, and two across each hindwing.

The species occurs in

Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, pl. 15.8, p. 406.

A. Jefferis Turner,
Revision of Australian Lepidoptera. Lasiocampidae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 49 (1924), p. 400.

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(updated 30 March 2010, 7 July 2019)