Crystal Cascades - Lake Morris track.
Reared caterpillar.
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/196103095
Pupated 11/01/24. Moth emerged 4 weeks later.
Pic 1: Habit of observed sapling.
Pic 2-4: Detail of leaf undersides.
Pic 5: Detail of midrib on leaf surface.
Pic 6-7: Terminal bud
Pic 8: Axillary buds
Leaves thickly coriaceous, large, about 30 cm long, oppositely arranged, glabrous. Terminal and axillary buds about 3-4 cm long with the edges striate. Midrib sunken above, but very prominently raised below.
patternless dorsal side, and fin starts far back on body (sadly couldn’t get a photo of that though)
Growing on fallen trunk of Bruguiera parviflora (mangrove forest)