| Neat Case Moth PSYCHIDAE, TINEOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson,
Kuranda, Queensland)
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| Neat Case Moth PSYCHIDAE, TINEOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson,
Kuranda, Queensland)
This Caterpillar covers its case with thin sticks or dry stems of varying lengths aligned parallel to the case. This is similar to the case of Clania lewinii, but Clania lewinii has thicker sticks and fewer of them, and has them cut to more nearly the same length. The case in the photo had a length of about 4 cms.
The caterpillar itself had a black head and thorax, with complex white markings.
The caterpillar has been found in
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(written 13 February 2022, updated 11 July 2024)