Porela galactodes (Lower, 1893)
(previously known as : Bombyx galactades)
LASIOCAMPINAE ,
LASIOCAMPIDAE
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 17 April 2009)
The Caterpillars of this species feed on:
She-Oak ( Casuarina,
CASUARINACAE ).
(Specimen: courtesy of the
Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)
The Caterpillar pupates in a cocoon covered in bits of bark,
on the trunk of a food tree.
The adult is brown, with zig-zag markings on each forewing.
The moth has a wingspan of about 5 cms.
The species is found over in eastern Australia,
including:
New South Wales, and
Queensland.
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, fig. 39.9, p. 390.
