Wingia lambertella (Wing, [1850])
 (previously known as: Palparia lambertella)
OECOPHORINAE ,   OECOPHORIDAE
Pink Leaf Moth

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Mike & Pat Coupar and Stella Crossley

Wingia lambertella
(Photo from: "Flying Colours", Coupar & Coupar, 1992)

These Caterpillars are brownish green, and covered in sparse white hairs. The Caterpillars feed on various species of:

  • Gum Trees ( Eucalyptus, MYRTACEAE ),

    and live in shelters of partly eaten and dead leaves joined by silk, and partly covered in frass. They grow to a length of about 2 cms.

    The Caterpillars pupate in their shelter

    The moths have a wingspan of up to 4 cm. The forewings are pink with yellow lines, and the hind wings can be pink or yellow. The species has been found in:

  • Western Australia,
  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales,
  • Victoria, and
  • Tasmania.

    Wingia lambertella
    (Specimen: courtesy of the The Australian Museum)

    Further reading :

    Pat and Mike Coupar,
    Flying Colours, New South Wales University Press, Sydney 1992, p. 81.

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Oecophorine Genera of Australia I:
    The Wingia Group (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae)
    Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Volume 3,
    CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 1994, pp. xi,11,15,17,20-21,50,236,242-246

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    (updated 18 September 2011)