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- This page contains pictures and information about Moths and Caterpillars
in subfamily OENOCHROMINAE that we found in the
Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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 - Caterpillars
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- For the adults in this subfamily, there are the stout-bodied group and the
slender-bodied group.
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- Pink Bellied Moth
  - Oenochroma vinaria, wingspan 40mm
- This moth is pink in colour, found come to our house at one summer night.
The colour of this moths can be brown to pink within species, resemble a dry
gum leaf. All of them have recurved wingtips and a yellow line across each
wing. This moths have many common names such as Hakea Moths, Grevillea
Moths and Win-coloured Moths. Their caterpillars are brown in
colour, have a large black band with white dots, feed on Grevillea and Hakea.
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- Fallen Bark Looper
 - Gastrophora
henricaria, length
60mm
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found the caterpillar on gum tree trunk near the ground during late summer. We
waited for one whole year to see it turned into a moth. Visit this page for
more pictures and information.
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- Triangular moth
 - Epidesmia sp.,
wings span 40mm,
- Their caterpillars feed on gum tree leaves, brown in colour with some white
spots and resembles twig. The moths like to rest on ground among dry plants
materials..
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