Chlenias belophora

Appearance

The adult moths have streaky brown forewings, and plain brown hindwings. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

The Caterpillars of this species have brighly coloured stripes. A greenish dorsal dark-edged stripe is bounded on each side by a narrow yellow stripe. Next to that is a wider black stripe, containing a narrow and fragmented white line. Below the black stripe is another wider yellow stripe passing over the spiracles, which appear as black dots. Below that is a green stripe containing a fragmented white line, bounded underneath by a black-edged yellow stripe, next to the ventral dark-edged green stripe.

The head is pale bluish-green with dark dots. The true legs are red, and the penultimate prolegs each have a large red spot. The two penultimate abdominal segments also each have a red spot underneath each side. The anal plate is pale green with dark dots.

Distribution

The species has been found in Victoria, Australia.