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