These caterpillars make shelter by rolling up young leaves and webbing them together with silk. They feed inside their shelter.

(Specimen: courtesy of the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)

The adult of this species is yellow with darker veins in the wings, and reddish splotches. The moth has a wingspan of about 2 cms.

The illustrated specimen was caught in Sydney. The species also occurs in :

Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 355.

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(updated 13 June 2005)