Owl moth caterpillar
Dasypodia cymatodes GuenÈe
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Size range
- Up to 60 mm long
Distribution
- Australian
- Two similar species: D.cymatodes, usually north of Nelson; D. selenophora throughout New Zealand but commoner in South Island
Life History
- Large moth, wingspan 70 mm
- Caterpillars feed on wattle leaves, pupation under bark of wattles
