Metrocampa ada

Metrocampa ada (Butler, 1882)
(previously known as : Campaea ada)
LITHININI, ENNOMINAE,
GEOMETRIDAE

(updated 18 June 2005)

(Photo: copyright Cathy Young)

These caterpillars are brown with a yellow stripe along each side and dark markings. The feed on :

Bracken ( Pteridium esculentum, DENNSTAEDTIACEAE ).

(Photo: copyright Cathy Young)

The adult moth is pale brown with a pale submarginal stripe. The forewings have hooktips and a marginal cusp.

eggs, magnified
(Photo: copyright Cathy Young)

The eggs are spherical and white, developing red markings as hatching approaches.

The species is found southern Australia.

Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 366.

Australian
Australian Butterflies

Australian
Australian Moths