These caterpillars pupate in the soil inside a silk cocoon. Th adult moths emerge typically after rain in mid-winter.

Whilst most specis of Pterocera have female adults with vestigial wings, this species is unusual in having fully winged females that can fly, just like the males. he wings are pale brown marked only by darker veins. The wingspan is about 4 cms.

The species occurs in the south of Western Australia.

Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common, Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 396.

Jean McGauran, The Life History of the Brown-tail Moth, Pterolocera isogama, The Western Australian Naturalist, Volume 3, No 2, (Sept. 14, 1951).

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