Macrocyttara expressa

Macrocyttara expressa (T.P. Lucas, 1902)
(previously known as : Culama expressa)
COSSINAE, COSSIDAE, COSSOIDEA

Macrocyttara expressa
(Photo : courtesy of Ian Common, from Moths of Australia)

These Caterpillars have been found boring into :

River Mangrove ( Aegiceras corniculatum, PRIMULACEAE ).

The larval tunnels often interconnect with those of other caterpillars of the same species.

The caterpillars pupate in their tunnel near the entrance in a cocoon covered in frass.

(Photo: courtesy of Jessa, Inskip, Queensland)

The adult moths are grey or brown with a pale diagonal band and a fine black tracery on each forewing. They have a wingspan of about 4 cms.

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

The species occurs in

Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, fig 26.6, plate 24.8, p. 270.

Thomas P. Lucas,
New species of Queensland Lepidoptera,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 27 (1902), pp. 246-247.

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(updated 24 November 2010, 23 February 2017, 24 May 2021, 20 June 2022)