| (previously known as Ocystola gnomica) WINGIA GROUP, OECOPHORINAE, OECOPHORIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Rebecca Stroud,
Bli Bli, Queensland)
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| (previously known as Ocystola gnomica) WINGIA GROUP, OECOPHORINAE, OECOPHORIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of
Rebecca Stroud,
Bli Bli, Queensland)
The Caterpillars of this species are thought to live in a hollowed out twig which they carry around. The caterpillars probably feed on various species of
The caterpillars are thought to pupate in their twig, anchoring it to a branch or convenient object.
The adult moths have forewings that have a yellow basal half, a brown and pink marginal half that has variable ragged yellow patches, and a narrow brown line along the costa. The head is yellow, and the thorax is brown with a partial covering of yellow scales. The wingspan is about 1 cm.
The species has been found in :
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Oecophorine Genera of Australia I:
The Wingia Group (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae),
Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Volume 3,
CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 1994, pp 323, 327, 329.
Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Micro-lepidoptera. XII. Oecophoridae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 9, Number 4 (1885), pp. 1060, 1062, No. 364.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(written 23 September 2024)