Anomis combinans

Anomis combinans (Walker, [1858])
(also known as Rusicada revocans)
SCOLIOPTERYGINAE, EREBIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA

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

Anomis combinans
(Photo: Don Herbison-Evans, Bundaberg, Queensland)

This spectacular Caterpillar is grey with rows of yellow spots along each side edged in black, and a white dorsal line also edged in black.

(Photo: courtesy of Jutta Godwin, Cubberla-Witton Catchments Network, Brisbane, Queensland)

It has been found feeding on :

Cottonwood ( Hibiscus tiliaceus, MALVACEAE ),

Australian Rosella ( Hibiscus heterophyllus, MALVACEAE ), and

Sleepy Morning ( Waltheria americana, STERCULIACEAE ).

(Photo: courtesy of Jutta Godwin, Cubberla-Witton Catchments Network, Brisbane, Queensland)

The Caterpillar grows to a length of about 4 cms.

empty pupa in leaf shelter
(Photo: courtesy of Jutta Godwin, Cubberla-Witton Catchments Network, Brisbane, Queensland)

It pupates in a curled leaf on the foodplant.

(Photo: courtesy of Scott Gavins, Fraser Coast, Queensland)

The adult moth of this species is dark orange, with a faint brown tracery and a dark mark in the middle of each forewing. The forewing costa is slightly curved to give a slightly hooked wingtip, and the forewing margins are doubly recurved giving a shallow cusp halfway down. The moth has a wing span of about 4 cms.

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

The species has been found across south-east Asia, including:

and in Australia in:

Queensland, and

New South Wales.

underside
(Photo: courtesy of Jutta Godwin, Cubberla-Witton Catchments Network, Brisbane, Queensland)