(Photo: courtesy of Wendy Moore, Melbourne)
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 15 February 2008)
This caterpillar feeds on dead leaves.
The adult moth has forewings that are pale brown, each with two dark brown spots and a yellow margin. The hindwings are dark brown with yellow tips.
The species is found over much of Australia, including
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Oecophorine genera of Australia. II.
The Chezala, Philobota and Eulechria groups
(Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae),
Monogr. Aust. Lepid. 5 (1997) p.85.
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