LITHOSIINAE , ARCTIIDAE , NOCTUOIDEA
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 16 November 2009)
(Photo: courtesy of the
Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 16 November 2009)
(Photo: courtesy of the
Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)
This is a small brown hairy Caterpillar which grows to about 1 cm. It lives in a group of its own kind. The ones in the photograph were on the stem of a bush of:
but were suspected of feeding on algae or dead leaves, and just resting on a Hydrangea stem.
They pupated in thin loose cocoons on the stem.
The adult moths are small and pale yellow, with dark brown zigzag markings and dots on the forewings. The moths have a wingspan of about 2 cms.
The specimens shown here were caught in Sydney. The species also occurs in Queensland and Victoria.
Further reading:
Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Vol 2: ARCTIIDAE AND ITS ALLIES,
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2009, pp. 22-23.
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