(Photo: courtesy of Lorraine Jenkins, Port Lincoln Junior Primary School, South Australia)

It pupates in a papery cocoon in the leaves of a foodplant.

live males
(Photo: courtesy of Lorraine Jenkins, Port Lincoln Junior Primary School, South Australia)

The male adult moths of this species are basically colored grey. The forewings each have two zig-zag dark lines across them, and the hindwings each have one. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

pinned male
(Photo: courtesy of Lorraine Jenkins, Port Lincoln Junior Primary School, South Australia)

The species is found over much of Australia, from Carnarvon to central Queensland.

Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, fig. 40.4, p. 396.

Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria: Vol 1: Bombycoidea,
Entomological Society of Victoria, 2008, pp. 16-17, 22-23.

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(updated 24 February 2009)