| (previously known as Tinea inconcisella) MYRMECOZELINAE, TINEIDAE, TINEOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Donald Hobern, Australian Capital Territory)
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| (previously known as Tinea inconcisella) MYRMECOZELINAE, TINEIDAE, TINEOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Donald Hobern, Australian Capital Territory)
These Caterpillars live under the bark of rotting logs. They feed on the bark or wood.
The adult moth of this species has brown patterned forewings. The hindwings are plain dark brown. It has a wingspan of about 2 cms.
The species is found in eastern Australia, including:
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, Fig. 19.12, p. 185.
Gaden S. Robinson & Ebbe S. Nielsen,
Tineid Genera of Australia,
Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Volume 2,
CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 1993.
Francis Walker,
Tortricites & Tineites,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
Part 28 (1863), pp. 474-475, No. 70.
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(updated 13 March 2011, 19 June 2016, 14 August 2019, 3 December 2020)