| PSYCHIDAE, TINEOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
drawing by Harriet Scott,
Australian Lepidoptera, Volume 1 (1864), Plate 9,
courtesy of the
Australian Museum.
|
| PSYCHIDAE, TINEOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
drawing by Harriet Scott,
Australian Lepidoptera, Volume 1 (1864), Plate 9,
courtesy of the
Australian Museum.
The Caterpillars of this species have been found feeding on :
The caterpillars each live in a case covered in about two dozen parallel sticks of nearly equal lengths. The case grows to a length of about 2 cms.
It is thought that both the male and female of this species can fly. The female adult moth is black with white dashes on the forewings. The wingspan of the female is about 2.5 cms.
The species has been found in
Further reading :
Harriet, Helena, and Alexander W. Scott,
Australian Lepidoptera and their Transformations,
Australian Lepidoptera,
Volume 1 (1864), p. 28, Plate 9.
 caterpillar |  butterflies |  Lepidoptera |  moths |  caterpillar |
(written 2 June 2014, updated 25 July 2024)