and live in shelters of partly eaten and dead leaves joined by silk, and partly covered in frass. They grow to a length of about 2 cms.

The Caterpillars pupate in their shelter

The moths have a wingspan of up to 4 cm. The forewings are pink lined with yellow, and the hind wings can be pink or yellow. The species can be found over the south-east quarter of Australia.

(Specimen: courtesy of the The Australian Museum)

Further reading :

Pat and Mike Coupar, Flying Colours, New South Wales University Press, Sydney 1992, p. 81.

Ian F.B. Common, Oecophorine Genera of Australia I:
The Wingia Group (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae)
Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Volume 3,
CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 1994, pp. xi,11,15,17,20-21,50,236,242-246

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