Undetermined Psychidae AO
 PSYCHIDAE,   TINEOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


(Photo: courtesy of Susan Wishart, Namadgi National Park, Australian Capital Territory)

This Caterpillar covers its case with leaves in a pattern that resembles a bud of leaves. The case in the photo had a length of about 4 cms.

The caterpillar itself had a black head and thorax, with complex white markings.

The caterpillar was found in

  • Australian Capital Territory.

    It is possible that the same casemoth species was found and illustrated by Westwood in 1854:


    drawing by John O. Westwood,
    Descriptions of some species of Lepidopterous insects belonging to the genus Oiketicus,
    Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, Volume 22 (1854), Plate Annulosa XXXIV, fig. 5,
    image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitized by Natural History Museum Library, London.

    Further reading :

    John O. Westwood,
    Descriptions of some species of Lepidopterous insects belonging to the genus Oiketicus,
    Proceedings of The Zoological Society of London,
    Part 22 (1854), p. 233, and also Plate 34, fig. 5.

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    (written 9 September 2017, updated 6 December 2025)