| Philobota hydara Group PHILOBOTA GROUP OECOPHORINAE, OECOPHORIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Leuba Ridgway, Upper Ferntree Gully, Victoria)
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| Philobota hydara Group PHILOBOTA GROUP OECOPHORINAE, OECOPHORIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Leuba Ridgway, Upper Ferntree Gully, Victoria)
These Caterpillars feed on
and have been a minor pest on pastures in Victoria.
The adult moth of this species has off-white forewings, which each have two pale brown streaks, one along the costa, and one along the middle which splits as it approaches the margin. There is also often a yellow patch on the hind-margin near the base. The hindwings are off-white darkening towards the wingtips. 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, 270.
Edward Meyrick,
Tortricidae
Exotic Microlepidoptera,
Volume 1 (1915), p. 273.
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(written 4 February 2017, updated 21 May 2018, 4 October 2020, 22 March 2022)