Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
and
Frans Griepink
&
Stella Crssley
(updated 6 May 2011)
eggs laid in a slit on the stem of a food plant (magnified).
The eggs of this Caterpillar are laid in some convenient place on a foodplant.
The Caterpillar is fawn with stripes and a darker head. It lives and feeds inside the stem of its food plant. This Caterpillar was introduced into Australia by unfortunate accident. It is an international pest on:
The Caterpillar also attacks the tubers as well as the stems and leaves of the plant. It grows to a length of about 1 cm.
It pupates amongst the debris of the attacked plant.
The adult moth is fawn with a dark mark on each fore wing. It has a wing span of about 2 cms.
The species has been found in:
The pheromones of this species have been elucidated.
The species may be controlled using Integrated Pest Management techniques.
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, fig. 25.14, p. 260.
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