Conobrosis acervata (Meyrick, 1914)
(previously known as Euchaetis acervata)
CHEZALA GOUP
OECOPHORINAE,   OECOPHORIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Euchaetis acervata
(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Karakamia, Western Australia)

These Caterpillars have been found feeding on the dead cones of

  • Cycads.

    Euchaetis acervata
    (Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

    The adult moth has grey forewings with black markings. The hindwings are plain brown. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

    The species has been found in :

  • Western Australia.


    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Oecophorine Genera of Australia II: The Chezala, Philobota and Eulechria groups (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae),
    Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Volume 5,
    CSIRO Publishing, 1997, pp. 19, 114-116.

    Edward Meyrick,
    Exotic Microlepidoptera,
    Volume 1, Part 6 (1914), p. 161.

    Paul Zborowski and Ted Edwards,
    A Guide to Australian Moths,
    CSIRO Publishing, 2007, p. 70.


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    (updated 1 November 2012, 21 October 2018, 19 February 2019)