The eggs are white, and laid singly under the leaves. The early instars are greens with black spikes. They have some missing prolegs, and so move like loopers.

(Photo: courtesy of the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)

Later instars develop white markings.

The pupa is formed in a sparse cocoon in a crevice or dry leaf.

(oops: it should have 2 antennae)
(Specimen: courtesy of the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)

The moth is a uniform dark brown, with a golden sheen to its wings. It has a wingspan of about 4 cms. Its pheromones have been identified.

(Photo: courtesy of the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)

The eggs are white and spherical. They are laid individually on the underside of a leaf of a food plant.

The species occurs from India across south-east Asia, including

Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, pp. 65, 460.

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