Undetermined Psychidae AR PSYCHIDAE,   TINEOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Angela Braniff, Mount Taylor, Australian Capital Territory)

The caterpillar covers its case with alternately adjacent parallel twigs and leaves. It was found feeding on

Black Wattle (Acacia mearnsii, MIMOSACEAE).

The case had a lenth of abot 1.7 cms.

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(written 1 December 2021)