(Photo: courtesy of Tom and David Sleep, Brisbane)

Later instars appear to have two colour forms: green or brown.

(Photo: courtesy of Tom and David Sleep, Brisbane)

Both forms have a pair of green and white eyespots, one each side of the first abdominal segment. They have a strong reddish backward curving horn on the last segment.

(Photo: courtesy of Tom and David Sleep, Brisbane)

The pupa is slender and mottled brown, with a sharply pointed tip to the abdomen.

(Photo: courtesy of Tom and David Sleep, Brisbane)

The adult moths of this species have light brown fore wings with a dark stripe from base to apex. There is a dark dot near the middle of the costa. The moths have darker brown hind wings. They have a wingspan of about 6 cms.

(Specimen: courtesy of the The Australian Museum)

The species occurs in New South Wales and Queensland.

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