One might infer that this is a foodplant of the caterpillar. The cocoon was unusual as it had a series of bubbles in its structure. The cocoon had a length of about 1 cm. The pupa had a length of about 0.5 cm.

(Photo: courtesy of Mark Heath, Mt Barker, Western Australia)

The adult moths of this species are white, with an orange streak along each forewing having a dark dot on it about 2/3rds the way along it, and several more at the wingtip. The hindwings are white, each shading to pale brown along the costa. The antennae are a little shorter than the length of the forewings. The wingspan is about 1.6 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in Australia in

Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera. XVI. Tineidae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Series 2, Volume 7, Number 4 (1892), p. 589, No. 168.

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(written 17 January 2019, updated 13 February 2026)