| COSSINAE, COSSIDAE, COSSOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Leuba Ridgway, Dandenong Ranges, Victoria)
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| COSSINAE, COSSIDAE, COSSOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Leuba Ridgway, Dandenong Ranges, Victoria)
The adult moths of this species have grey wings, with a network of incomplete curved dark lines across each forewing. At rest the moths wrap their wings around their body. There is a double grey tuft tipped with black on the thorax. The wingspan is about 5 cms.
The species has been found in
Further reading :
Axel Kallies & Douglas J. Hilton,
Revision of Cossinae and small Zeuzerinae from Australia (Lepidoptera: Cossidae),
Zootaxa,
3454 (2012), p. 12.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(written 25 December 2016, updated 18 October 2025)