Macrobathra chrysotoxa Meyrick, 1886
 COSMOPTERIGINAE,   COSMOPTERIGIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
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Stella Crossley

Macrobathra chrysotoxa
(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Aranda, Australian Capital Territory)

The caterpillars of this species are off-white with a dark brown head and a yellow-brown prothorax. The caterpillars have been found on

  • Green Wattle ( Acacia decurrens, MIMOSACEAE ).

    The caterpillars live in silk tubes of leaves and detritus constructed amongst the shoots of the foodplant.

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

    The adult moths have brown forewings with bold cream patches. The hindwings are pale brown. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

    The species occurs in :

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales,
  • Australian Capital Territory,
  • Victoria, and
  • Tasmania.

    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, pl. 5.15, p. 253-254.

    Edward Meyrick,
    Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera: XII: Oecophoridae,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 10, Part 4 (1886), p. 804, No. 480.

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    (updated 21 August 2012, 16 July 2018)