(one synonym: Scardia porphyrea Lower, 1893)
SCARDIINAE, TINEIDAE
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 5 September 2007)
The caterpillars of this species feed on :
that grow on trees. The caterpillars bore tunnels into the fungus, and live and pupate in their tunnels.
The adult moth has a speckled pattern of light and dark greyish-brown, on the forewings, and plain brown hindwings.
The species is found in north-eastern Australia, in Queensland and New South Wales.
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 183.
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