but is suspected of feeding only on the

on the trunks and branches. The Caterpillar is quite small, growing to length of about 1.5 cms. It is basically black, with yellow spots. It has sparse long grey hairs, and on each side, it has four tufts of long dense black hair projecting from verrucae on the meso- and meta-thorax.

It pupates in a thin cocoon of felted hairs, attached to a wall or tree trunk.

(Specimen: courtesy of the The Australian Museum)

The moth emerges after about a fortnight in summer or several months across winter. It is small, slim bodied, and black, with five yellow spots on each fore wing, and a large yellow patch on each hind wing, It has a wingspan of about 1.5 cms.

The species occurs over non-tropical eastern Australia, including:

Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 437.

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