This Caterpillar was found in Bundaberg, Queensland, hanging on a silken thread from an Olive Tree ( Olea europea, OLEACEAE ), although it was not clear if it was eating foliage from that tree, or perhaps just the algae on the trunk. The Caterpillar was gray with several yellow spots, and as covered by sparse long hairs. It grew to 1 cm.

It pupated in a thin cocoon surrounded by a fence of long hairs. The pupa was green with brown marks like a face!

The adult moth is white with brown markings and two black dots on each fore wing.

(Specimen: courtesy of the The Australian Museum)

It has a wing span of about 2 cms.

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