(previously known as : Spilodes rhodocryptalis)
PYRALINAE , PYRALIDAE
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(Photo: courtesy of
Graeme Cocks, Townsville)
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(Photo: courtesy of
Graeme Cocks, Townsville)
These caterpillars are dark brown. They feed on:
These caterpillars are communal, skeletonising dead leaves, and living in a silk shelter covered in frass composed of dead foliage.
The adult moths have forewings that are pale brown with faint lines across them. The hindwings are an even paler brown with faint lines across them. The moths have a wingspan of about 3 cms.
The species has been found in Australia in :
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, fig. 31.18, p. 349.
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(updated 21 December 2009)