NOTODONTINAE, NOTODONTIDAE, NOCTUOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Ian McMillan,
Imbil, Queensland)
These Caterpillars are initially green, later turning brown. They have sparse short hairs. The head has a curved black line across each eye.
The adult moths of this species have brown wings with a scattering of black speckles, and some dark markings along the hind margins of the forewings. Females often have a pale spot and males a dark spot in the middle of each forewing. In their natural resting posture, the moths wrap their wings around the body. The moths have a wingspan of about 4 cms.
The species has been found in
and in Australia in
Further reading :
Baron Cajetan von Felder,
Lepidopterorum Amboinensium a Dre. L. Doleschall annis 1856-58 collectorum species novae,
Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien,
Volume 43, Part 1 (1861), p. 40, No. 96.
Graham McDonald,
Weird and Wonderful Moths,
Butterflies and Other Invertebrates Club
Metamorphosis Australia,
Issue 78 (September 2015), pp. 11-15, fig. 5.
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(written 20 April 2015, updated 10 August 2024)