living between leaves joined with silk. If disturbed, it drops on a thread. It is green with dark red speckles, and a brown head capsule. The darkness of the head capsule appears to vary with age, sometimes dark, sometimes light. The Caterpillar grows to a length of about 1 cm.

It produces a little pinkish brown moth, with a row of dark dots along the margin and three dark spots on each fore wing. The hind wings are cream with an orange tinge. It has a wingspan of about 1.5 cms.

(Specimen: courtesy of the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)

The species is found in south-eastern Australia, including:

Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common, Oecophorine Genera of Australia I:
The Wingia Group (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae)
Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Volume 3,
CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 1994, p. 300

previous caterpillar

Australian butterflies

Australian caterpillars

Australian moths

next caterpillar

(updated 12 March 2011)