Opodiphthera fervida Jordan, 1910
(erroneously referred to as: Opodiphtera fervida)
SATURNIIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley

(updated 22 January 2005)

These Caterpillars are stout and black with raised red warts supporting bunches of branched white hairs. The Caterpillars have a brown head, white spiracles, and a red line along each side of the body. The Caterpillars feed on the vines from the plant family MYRSINACEAE such as :

  • Maesa muelleri, and
  • Rapanea porosa.

    They pupate usually on plants growing below the food tree in a tough oval cocoon.

    The adult moths are yellow with a brown eyespot on each wing, and a brown line across each wing. The moths have a wingspan of about 8 cms. The species is found in the eastern quarter of Australia.

    Further reading :

    D.A. Lane, Notes on the Life History of Opodiphthera fervida (Jordan) (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae), The Australian Entomologist, Volume 21, Part 2 (July 1994), pp. 37-38.

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