These Caterpillars are a buff coloured loopers, and final instars have a brown mark on each segment.

They live communally in a shelter of leaves, dead leaves and frass joined by silk on its food plant. They have been found feeding on :

Mock Orange ( Pittosporum venulosum , PITTOSPORACEAE ),

and grow to a length of about 2 cms.

The Caterpillars pupate in the same shelter

The adult is beige, with a dark pattern. The moth has a wingspan of about 3 cms.

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