Eochrois callianassa (Meyrick, 1883)
(previously known as Eochroa callianassa)
OECOPHORINAE, OECOPHORIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley

(updated 14 February 2008)


(Photo: courtesy of Wendy Moore, Melbourne)

The caterpillars of this species have been found feeding on :

  • Silver Banksia ( Banksia marginata ), and
  • Swamp Banksia ( Banksia paludosa ),

    both in PROTEACEAE.

    The adult moth has white forewings shading to yellow at the edges.


    (Photo: courtesy of Wendy Moore, Melbourne)

    The species has been found in:

  • New South Wales,
  • South Australia,
  • Tasmania, and
  • Victoria.

    Further Reading:

    Meyrick, E.
    Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera. VIII. Oecophoridae, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., (1)7(4) (1885), p.449.

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