Gum Notodontid Moth - Destolmia lineata
Family Notodontidae
This page contains pictures and information about Gum Notodontid Moths and caterpillars that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Length 40mm
- This caterpillar is green in colour with yellow lines along each side of its body. Its head is pale brown in colour.
- On Oct 2007 we found this caterpillar in Bulimba Creek near Sunnybank. This caterpillar raised its head when disturbed, so we knew it should be in this Notodontidae family.
- They pupate in soil in an earthed cell. The adult moths are white and grey in colours.
- The caterpillar feed on Eucalyptus and pupate in an earthen cell in soil.
- The adult moths are grey-brown in colours with scale-crest on thorax. We did not found the moth yet although the caterpillar are fairly common on gumtree leaves.
- Reference:
- 1. Moths
of Australia - I. F. B. Common, Melbourne University Press,
1990, p420, plate29.15.
- 2. Destolmia lineata Walker, 1855 - Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley, 2008.
