This caterpillar is grey and hairy with white-tipped pimples. It appears to feed on algae growing outdoors on brick, stone and wood. It grows to a length of about 1 cm.

camouflaged cocoon

empty pupal case in opened cocoon

(Photos: courtesy of Wendy Moore, Victoria)

It pupates near its feeding area in a crevice in a cocoon covered with bits of local detritus.

(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott, Victoria)

The male and female adult moths of this species are very similar. They have dark grey forewings each with two jagged dark bands across them. The hindwings are yellow with brown margins. The wingspan is about to 2.5 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott, Victoria)

The species is found in:

Victoria.

underside
(Photo: courtesy of Laura Levens, Victoria)

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Further reading :

Peter Marriott,
Moths of Victoria, Part 2, Entomological Society of Victoria, 2009, pp. 20-21, 24-25.

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(updated 3 February 2011)