Undetermined Psychidae AK PSYCHIDAE,   TINEOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Bob Shepherd, Balfour Downs Station, Newman, Western Australia)

This Caterpillar covers its case in finely chewed vegetation, and attaches short bits of leaf sparsely, and also attaches some stems to the mouth of the case which stick out like a cone around the case. The specimen was found in Western Australia.

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(written 22 September 2017)