Lepidoscia species E PSYCHIDAE,   TINEOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

length approximately 0.7 cms.
(Photo: courtesy of Karl Granzien, Upper Caboolture, Queensland))

This Caterpillar has a conical case which it covers with finely chewed vegetation. Clearly it does this at intervals between which it moved to differently coloured vegetation, resulting in coloured bands along the case, so it is probably a Lepidoscia species.

The species was found in

Queensland.

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(written 3 January 2018, updated 18 August 2018)