Arignota stercorata (T.P. Lucas, 1894)
 (previously known as Xylorycta stercorata)
XYLORYCTIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley

Arignota stercorata
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda)

This caterpillar bores into a stem of its foodplant, hiding in the tunnel so created. It attaches leaves to the tunnel entrance, on which it then feeds. Its foodplant is

  • Hard Quandong ( Elaeocarpus obovatus, ELAEOCARPACEAE ).

    The adult moth of this species has patchy brown forewings, and plain white hindwings.

    The species occurs in the north of Australia including

  • Queensland.

    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common, Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, pl. 24.2, fig. 23.13, p. 229.

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    (updated 29 April 2011)