![]() | (previously known as Protolechia nyctias) GELECHIIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
This Caterpillar was found in Sydney feeding on young shoots of :
living between leaves joined with silk. It grew to a length of 1 cm.
It produced a simple little dark brown moth, with a white spot near the centre of each forewing. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species is found over most of Australia in
Further reading :
Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera XVIII,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 29 (1904), p. 353, No. 148.
Paul Zborowski and Ted Edwards,
A Guide to Australian Moths,
CSIRO Publishing, 2007, p. 87.
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(updated 12 January 2013, 11 November 2024)