Link Moth
CASTNIIDAE
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 3 March 2009)
(Picture: courtesy of
Shell Company of Australia)
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 3 March 2009)
(Picture: courtesy of
Shell Company of Australia)
The Caterpillar of this species is pale pink. It feeds on tussocks of the sedge :
The adult moth has mottled brown forewings, and hindwings that are dark brown with scarlet spots. The wingspan is about 4 cms.
The species occurs in
Further reading :
David Carter,
Butterflies and Moths,
Collins Eyewitness Handbooks, Sydney 1992, p. 285.
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, pl. 6.14, p. 285.
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