Undetermined Psychidae AY Flaky Casemoth PSYCHIDAE,   TINEOIDEA

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

(Photo: courtesy of Alison Milton, Australian National Botanical Gardens, Australian Capital Territory)

This Caterpillar covers its case with contiguous small flakes of bark. The case grows to a length of about 3 cms.

head and thorax
(Photo: courtesy of Alison Milton, Australian National Botanical Gardens, Australian Capital Territory)

The head and thorax are dark grey, and the thorax has a dorsal white line.

(Photo: courtesy of Heather Jordan, Braddon, Australian Capital Territory)

The head and thorax are dark grey, and the thorax has a dorsal white line.

showing empty pupal skin extruded from the anal end of the case
(Photo: courtesy of Heather Jordan, Braddon, Australian Capital Territory)

The pupa is pushed out of the anal end of the case for the adult to emerge. The adult moth is offwhite with some dark speckles and two dark bands across each forewing.

(Photo: courtesy of Heather Jordan, Braddon, Australian Capital Territory)

The moth has a winspan of about 1.2 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of Heather Jordan, Braddon, Australian Capital Territory)

Specimens have been found in

Western Australia.

(Photo: courtesy of John Blahusiak, John Forrest National Park, Western Australia)

The case is similar to that of Undetermined Psychidae BC, except that that species places the bark flakes so that they overlap each other.

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(written 27 May 2019, updated 26 November 2024)