The female is wingless and lays her eggs on the mesh-like cocoon she emerged from, which still contains the empty skin of her pupa.
Classification
from Australian Faunal Directory
Order Lepidoptera - Moths and Butterflies, 10855 named species in Australia
Superfamily Noctuoidea - 1751 species in Australia
Family Erebidae - 955 named species in Australia
Subfamily Arctiinae - Lichen Moths, Woolly Bears, Tigers, Ermines, Wasp Moths, 304 species in Australia
Tribe Lithosiini - Lichen Moths, 222 species in Australia
Genus Anestia
Species Anestia ombrophanes