Ophyx ochroptera Guenee, 1852
(one synonym : Thermisia tenebrica)
CATOCALINAE ,   NOCTUIDAE

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

(updated 14 August 2008)


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

This Caterpillar was found on

  • Morton Bay Fig ( Ficus macrophylla, MORACEAE ),

    in Bundaberg. It was tubby and green with yellow between the segments. It grew to a length of about 3 cms.


    (Specimen: courtesy of the The Australian Museum)

    The adults are brown and yellow with a wingspan of about 5 cms.


    Specimen taken in Sydney

    It is an inhabitant of rain-forests on the north-east coast of Australia.


    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 451.


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