(Photo: courtesy of Wendy Moore, Melbourne)
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 15 February 2008)
This caterpillar feeds on the leaves of:
The adult moth has white forewings, each with a dark brown line across the middle, and a dark brown submarginal band. The wingspan is about 1 cm.
The species is found over much of Australia, including
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Oecophorine genera of Australia. I.
The Wingia group (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae),
Monogr. Aust. Lepid. 3 (1994) p.364.
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