This Caterpillar is greyish-green, with dark line along the back and along each side. The head is brown edged with black. The Caterpillar feeds nocturnally on various tussock grasses ( POACEAE ). By day, it rests in a shelter of silk and leaves at the base of the foodplant.

Pupation occurs in the shelter. The pupa is brown, secured head upward by cremaster and girdle. It is covered in a white waxy powder.

female
(Photo: courtesy of Museum Victoria)

The upper side of the adult butterfly is dark brown with a number of pale yellow spots on each wing. Each wing also has a chequered border. Underneath, the wings are fawn with pale yellow patches under each wing. The males have a sex brand consisting of a grey line across part of each forewing. The wing span is just over 2 cms.

male
(Photo: courtesy of Museum Victoria)

The species is found in the mountains of

> Victoria.

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Further reading :

Michael F. Braby,
Butterflies of Australia, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 2000, vol. 1, pp 118-119.

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