but has been recorded on plants from other families, including:

It grows to a length of about 3 cms., and pupates in a loose cocoon in a curled up leaf.

The adults are fawn with a prominent white bar diagonally across each forewing. They have a wingspan of about 3 cms. The sex attractant pheromones of this moth have been elucidated.

The species is found all over east Asia and the Pacific, inclding:

(Specimen: courtesy of the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)

Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 459.

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