Imma loxoscia (Turner, 1913) (formerly known as Pseudotortrix acosma) IMMIDAE,   IMMOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Pornthap Kerkig)

The Caterpillars of this species are initially reddish-brown with a darker thorax. The early instars have sparse short hairs, and a pale brown head.

(Photo: courtesy of Pornthap Kerkig)

Later instars develop an orange collar to the head, and an orange knob on the back of the meta-thorax, and brown knobs on the back and black verrucae on the sides of each abdominal segment. The hairs are longer, reaching lengths up to 0.5 cm. The caterpillars grow to a length of about 2.5 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of Dominic Funnell, Weipa, Queensland)

The adult moths have brown forewings, each with a pale basal half and a darker marginal half, and a dark line along the margin. The hindwings are pale brown. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

This species has been found in :

Queensland.

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Further reading :

A. Jefferis Turner,
Studies in Australian Microlepidoptera,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 38 (1913), p. 207.

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(written 14 March 2019, updated 18 May 2024)