Undetermined Psychidae species BD
Right-Handed Twisted Tower Casemoth
 PSYCHIDAE,   TINEOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


Photo: courtesy of Wendy Moore,
Freshwater Creek, Victoria

Photo: courtesy of Paul Hadobas,
Mount Fairy, New South Wales

This Caterpillar appears to cover its case with a series of gradually increasing length sticks, each aligned with the case axis, so that the case appears to taper to a narrow anal tip, like Lepidoscia arctiella, except that has cylindrical blocks of sticks, whereas this species has a spiral of sticks, giving a twisted right-handed helical appearance. The case had a length of about 3 cms.

The caterpillar was found on

  • Bracelet Honey Myrtle (Melaleuca armillaris, MYRTACEAE).

    in

  • New South Wales, and
  • Victoria.

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    (written 5 June 2023, updated 22 January 2025)