“Previous to the acclimatisation of the date and other foreign palms we usually found the caterpillars of ... [Orange Palm Dart] feeding, both at Sydney and the Hunter River, upon the fronds of the indigenous palms Livistona australis, the 'Cabbage Tree' of the early settlers, and the 'Bangala Palm’, Plychosperma elegans.” Description from AW Scott, ‘Australian Lepidoptera and their Transformations’, Volume 2, Plate 14 (1890-1898).
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