Lepidoscia species F PSYCHIDAE,   TINEOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Steve Pearson, Airlie Beach, Queensland)

This Caterpillar has a conical case which it covers with detritis. Clearly it does this at intervals, between which it moved to a different area, resulting in coloured bands along the case, so it is probably a Lepidoscia species. However, unlike other species in this genus, this caterpillar has attached a stick to the mouth of the case.

The species was found in

Queensland.

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(written 3 January 2018)