(previously known as Euchaetis acervata) CHEZALA GOUP OECOPHORINAE, OECOPHORIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Donald Hobern, Karakamia, Western Australia)
These Caterpillars have been found feeding on the dead cones of
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 :
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)