oh dear: no abdomen
(Photo: courtesy of Landcare Research, New Zealand)
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 21 March 2004)
These Caterpillars feed by mining the leaves of various members of the Bindweed and Sweet Potato family ( CONVOLVULACEAE ) , eg:
The adult moths are fawn with fringes of hairs on the trailing edge of each fore wing, and around the whole of each hind wing. The moths have a wingspan of about 1 cm.
The eggs are laid singly on the upper surface of a leaf of a foodplant.
They species is found all over the world, for example:
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common, Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 215.
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