Hadrocheta syncarpica Common, 1994
 WINGIA GROUP,   OECOPHORINAE,   OECOPHORIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

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

The Caterpillars of this species are pale orange, with a broad white-edged brown stripe along each side, and a black head. The caterpillars live in a shelter consisting of foodplant leaves joined with silk. The caterpillars feed on the leaves of

  • Turpentine (Syncarpia glomulifera, MYRTACEAE).

    The adult moths of this species have brown forewings each several faint dark spots. The hindwings are off-white with brown wing-tips. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

    The species has been found in :

  • Queensland, and
  • New South Wales.

    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. 24, 344-348.

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    (written 26 November 2022)