| ELACHISTIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
 (Photo: courtesy of Lauri Kaila, from Elachistine Moths of Australia) The Caterpillar of this species is grey, smooth, long, and thin, with a flattened head, and has several pale lines along the body, and pale areas between segments. The caterpillars have been found feeding on sedges in CYPERACEAE, including
The caterpillars bore upwards initially into a leaf of their foodplant then turn and bore downwards, creating a widening mine between the upper and lower skins of the leaf. The mine is filled with frass. The caterpillar grows to a length of about 1 cm.
 (Photo: courtesy of Lauri Kaila, from Elachistine Moths of Australia) When mature: the caterpillar exits the mine and forms a pupa attached to a leaf. The pupa is brown.
 (Photo: courtesy of Lauri Kaila, from Elachistine Moths of Australia) The adult moths have grey-brown wings, with some variable dark marks on the forewings. The moths have a wingspan of about 8 mms. The species has been found in |  Typical leaf mines, filled with frass (Photo: courtesy of Lauri Kaila, from Elachistine Moths of Australia) |
