Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 4 December 2004)
These Caterpillars are thought to burrow into the flower heads of
This adult moth has a complex rusty brown pattern on the forewings. The hindwings are shiny grey. It has a wingspan of about 2 cms.
The species is found in the eastern half of Australia, from Queensland to Tasmania.
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,
pp. 29-30,209-212,217
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