Gum-Leaf Skeletoniser - Uraba lugens (Roselia lugens)
Family Noctuidae
This page contains pictures and information about Gum-Leaf Skeletoniser caterpillars and moths that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Length 20mm
- As the common name implied, the caterpillar feeds on eucalyptus, skeletonizing the leaves. Notice the cast head capsules of several of the younger instars are stacked vertically on the thorax.
- Uraba lugens (Roselia lugens),
- We found this caterpillar once on Apr 2008 in Ford Road Conservation Area.
- Reference:
- 1. Moths of Australia - I. F. B. Common, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p457.
- 1. Uraba lugens Walker, 1863 - Caterpillars of Australian, by Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley, 2004.
