This Caterpillar is white with thin black lines on the head and body, and broader orange lines along the body alone. The spiracles and true legs are red.

(Photo: copyright Cathy Young)

The adult moths are grey. At rest, they wrap their wings around the body..

eggs, magnified
(Photo: copyright Cathy Young)

The eggs are laid in untidy clumps. They are white and oval.

Further reading :

Catherine J. Young,
Characterisation of the Australian Nacophorini and a Phylogeny for the Geometridae from Molecular and Morphological Data, Ph.D. thesis, University of Tasmania, 2003.

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