(one synonym : Achaea fasciculipes Walker, 1858)
CATOCALINAE , NOCTUIDAE
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 14 August 2008)
(Photo: courtesy of
Peter Marriott, Museum Victoria)
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 14 August 2008)
(Photo: courtesy of
Peter Marriott, Museum Victoria)
These caterpillars are pale brown with an orange line along each side, and a brown and white head. The caterpillar has been found feeding on:
It pupates in a sparse cocoon between joined leaves. The pupa is dark brown with a white covering.
The adult moth has forewings that are brown with fragmented dark zigzag bands across them. The hindwings are black with three white marks along the margin, and a broken inner white band. The moth has a wingspan of about 7 cms.
The moth is a pest on fruit trees, piercing the fruit to suck juice.
The species is found from India to Samoa, including:
In Australia, it is found in:
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 453.
Stephen C. Mckillup & R.V. Mckillup,
An outbreak of the moth Achaea serva (Fabr)
on the mangrove Excoecaria agallocha (L.),
Pan-Pacific Entomologist,
Volume 73, Number 3 (1997), pp. 184-185.
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