(previously known as Oecophora partitella) Philobota arabella Group PHILOBOTA GROUP OECOPHORINAE, OECOPHORIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern,
Aranda, Australian Capital Territory)
These Caterpillars have been found feeding on dead leaves, especially of
The adult moth of this species has cream forewings which have an irregular pattern of dark brown lines. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species has been found in:
Further Reading:
Ian F.B. Common,
Oecophorine Genera of Australia II:
The Chezala, Philobota and Eulechria groups (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae),
Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Volume 5,
CSIRO Publishing, 1997, pp. 267, 286, 288.
Francis Walker,
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects
in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 29 (1864), pp. 683-684.
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(updated 1 November 2012, 20 October 2018, 4 October 2020)