They also attack other plants such as:

The adult moth is predominently brown in colour, with bunched hairs on its head which look like a short pair of horns. On each forewing is a silvery figure of eight, usually with the segments fused together, unlike its kindred species: Chrysodeixis eriosoma, in which the parts are separated. The hindwings are fawn in colour with a dark brown terminal area. The moths have a wingspan of about 3 cms.

The species occurs over the south Pacific, and much of Australia, including

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

Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, fig. 48.16, pp. 65, 460.

Peter Marriott & Marilyn Hewish
Moths of Victoria - Part 9,
Cutworms and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA (C),
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2020, pp. 8-9.

Francis Walker,
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 15 (1858), p. 1787, pg. 933.

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(updated 10 August 2011, 2 December 2024)