Cenoloba obliteralis (Walsingham, 1864)
TINEODIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
and
Debbie Matthews Lott & Stella Crossley


flower cluster showing bud with borehole

This Caterpillar bores into the buds and developing seeds of :

  • White Mangrove ( Avicennia marina, ACANTHACEAE ).

    The adult moth has split wings, like those of the family PTEROPHORIDAE. It has a wingspan of about 1 cm. Specimens have been caught in Brisbane and in Sydney.

    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 325.

    Paul Zborowski and Ted Edwards,
    A Guide to Australian Moths, CSIRO Publishing, 2007, p. 121.

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    (updated 19 May 2011)