The caterpillars create silk web in the area where they are feeding.

(Photo: courtesy of Marko Mutanen and Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The adult moth has forewings that have an off-white marginal half with variable brown markings, and a dark brown basal half. The hindwings are dark brown. There is a fringe of hairs along the hind margin of each hindwing. It has a wingspan of about 1 cm.

The species is found in various countries around the world, including

So far, the species has only been recorded in Australia in

Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, fig. 19.13, p. 184.

Carl Linnaeus,
Insecta Lepidoptera,
Systema Naturae,
Edition 10, Volume 1 (1760), Class 5, Part 3, p. 536, No. 253.

Gaden S. Robinson & Ebbe S. Nielsen,
Tineid Genera of Australia,
Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Volume 2,
CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 1993, pp. ix, x, 10, 246-252, 263, 279.

Paul Zborowski and Ted Edwards,
A Guide to Australian Moths,
CSIRO Publishing, 2007, p. 52.

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(updated 7 February 2008, 24 February 2017, 19 October 2020)