The males and females are different to look at both having a tuft of yellow hairs on the tail however the wings on the male are white with a black spot and a diagonal dark strips across each forewing whilst the female features only the black spot. Both have their wings edged in orange and black

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Habitat Caterpillers can be found on trunks of host trees (various natives) during the day moving up to the leaves of a night to feed.
Size Can grow to around 30mm
Origin Native
Distribution Eastern Australia From Queensland to Tasmania
Descriptions
Distribution
Eastern Australia From Queensland to Tasmania
Habitat
Caterpillers can be found on trunks of host trees (various natives) during the day moving up to the leaves of a night to feed.
Size
Can grow to around 30mm
Common Name Black Spot Moth
Aliases Common Epicoma Moth,
Origin Native
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Classification

Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
SubphylumHexapoda
ClassInsecta
SubclassPterygotes
OrderLepidoptera
SuborderDitrysia
SuperfamilyNoctuoidea
FamilyNotodontidae
SubfamilyThaumetopoeinae
GenusEpicoma
SpeciesEpicoma melanospila
Synonyms

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