Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
and
Stella Crossley
(updated 3 December 2010)

(Photo: courtesy of
Buck Richardson, Kuranda)
Few of the caterpillars of species in this genus are known, but some are known to feed on

There are 57 named species of Limnaecia in Australia, and the adult moths are generally black with bold white or yellow markings.
This particular species occurs in
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, pp. 253-254.
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