(one synonym : Gonitis vitiensis Butler, 1886)
CATOCALINAE , NOCTUIDAE , NOCTUOIDEA
(Photo: courtesy of Kell Nielsen, Gold Coast)
This caterpillar is mainly green, with black spots, and a pale brown head. It has reduced prolegs, and progresses in a looper fashion.
It is a pest on :
and has also been found feeding on :
The Caterpillar grows to a length of about 3 cms.
It pupates in a sparse cocoon between a pair of leaves on the foodplant.
The adult moth of this species is brown with a variable pale sinuous pattern and a central white spot on each forewing.
The moths have a wing span of about 4 cms.
The species occurs in south-east Asia and the south Pacific, including:
as well as in Australia in
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, fig. 44.14, p. 449.
(created 6 February 2010, updated 30 June 2012)