Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 21 September 2008)
(Photo: courtesy of
Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations, Bundaberg)
These Caterpillars are pale green or yellow, with two black bands behind the thorax. They are missing a pair of ventral prolegs, and so they move in a looper fashion.
The Caterpillars are an agricultural pest on:
The Caterpillars pupate in a cocoon in a twisted leaf.
The adult moth is brown with a diagonal dark line with a pale edge across each forewing.
The adult females appear to have hairy fans beside the head which can be opened.
These fans probably to disperse pheromones to attract males.
The species is found across Africa and Asia, including :
Further reading :
J.R. Agnew (ed.), Australian Sugarcane Pests, Bureau of the Sugar Experiment Stations (Indooroopilly) 1997, pp. 54-55.
Ian F.B. Common, Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, pp. 65, 452.
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