This Caterpillar lives in between a pair of leaves of the food plant joined with tough and copious silk. The Caterpillar has a brown speckled head and a fawn body with indistinct red longitudinal stripes, and pale bands between the abdominal segments. It feeds on:

White Mangrove ( Avicennia marina, AVICENNIACEAE ).

It was found in Sydney, and grows to a length of about 1 cm.

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(updated 25 November 2001)