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

(Photo: courtesy of
Neil Hewit, Cooper Creek Wilderness, North Queensland)
This caterpillar
is a pest on
and has also been found feeding on :
all in
CLUSIACEAE.
The caterpillar is brown with pale stripes,
and has a little orange mark
each side of the eight abdominal segment.
The caterpillar feeds on the foliage of its foodplant,
feeding nocturnally,and hiding during the daytime.
It festoons its food tree with silk threads.
It pupates in a dense cocoon covered in detritus in the ground debris
at the base of its foodplant.
The adult moth has variable brown forewings,
sometimes having a pale streak.
The hindwings are white,
each having a broad brown margin.
The species has been found
(created 27 December 2011)
including Australia in:

caterpillar

butterflies

caterpillars

moths

caterpillar