| (formerly known as Pseudotortrix acosma) IMMIDAE, IMMOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Katarina Christenson,
Goorooyarroo, Australian Capital Territory)
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| (formerly known as Pseudotortrix acosma) IMMIDAE, IMMOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Katarina Christenson,
Goorooyarroo, Australian Capital Territory)
The Caterpillars of this species initially are green. Later instars are dark and hairy, with yellow verrucae on the thorax, and an enlarged black first abdominal segment The caterpillars have sparse hairs, and the abdomen tapers toward the tail. The caterpillars feed openly by day on:
Pupation occurs in a white silk cocoon, probably in the leaf litter.
The adult moths have brown forewings each with a variable pattern, sometimes with a dark dot near the middle and a vague pale broken transverse band, and patches of orange, pale brown and dark brown. The hindwings are greyer, fading at the bases. The forewings each have a slightly convex costa, and a straight margin. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
This species has been found in :
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, figs. 29.13, 53.1, p. 312.
Ian F.B. Common,
The Larvae and Pupae of Imma acosma (Turner) and I. vaticina Meyrick (LEPIDOPTERA: IMMIDAE),
and the Taxonomic Relationships of the Family,
Australian Journal of Entomology,
Volume 18 Issue 1 (1979), pp. 33-38.
Paul Zborowski and Ted Edwards,
A Guide to Australian Moths,
CSIRO Publishing, 2007, p. 117.
A. Jefferis Turner,
New Micro-lepidoptera — mostly from Queensland,
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,
Volume 24 (1900), p. 16.
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(updated 25 December 2012, 7 September 2018, 22 December 2020, 15 February 2021)