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Notodontidae

   Larva of some species are gregarious and display processionary behavior. Includes the subfamilies Notodontinae and Thaumetopoeinae, the latter is sometimes regarded as a family.       [about 90 Aust. species]
Clostera rubida Cynosarga ornata Destolmia lineata Destolmia lineata
       
Epicoma sp, 9 Epicoma melanospila Epicoma melanospila Epicoma zelotes
       

Epicoma tristis Hylaeora sp. 1 Neostauropus viridissimus Ochrogaster lunifer
       
Paradestolmia nigrolinea Pheraspis mesotypa Pheraspis mesotypa Trichiocerus sparshalli (male)
       
     
Trichiocerus sparshalli (female)      
       
     
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References:

 

Moths of Australia

Ian F.B. Common

Melbourne University Press, 1990

Page 417 & 421