attacking the rind of developing fruit.
They have also been found feeding on plants in other families, including:

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

The adult moth of this species has forewings that are pale brown with irregular variable broad dark brown lines across them. The hindwings are very pale brown. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

underside
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The species has been found in Australia in:

Further reading :

Arnold Pagenstecher,
Die Lepidopteren Fauna des Bismarck-Archipels,
Zoologica,
Volume 29, Part 2 (1900), p. 225, No. 427.

Buck Richardson,
Tropical Queensland Wildlife from Dusk to Dawn Science and Art,
LeapFrogOz, Kuranda, 2015, p. 213.

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(updated 8 October 2012, 16 March 2026)