XYLORYCTINAE, OECOPHORIDAE
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 17 November 2001)
(Photo: courtesy of the
Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 17 November 2001)
(Photo: courtesy of the
Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)
This Caterpillar is brown with sparse hairs, with a brown and black speckled head. It lives on its foodplant in a shelter made of leaves and frass joined together with silk. It feeds on the leaves of:
The adult moth is white with a brown mark on the rear edge of each forewing. It has a wingspan of about 2 cms.
It is found over most of Australia.
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common, Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 228.
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