GRACILLARIINAE, GRACILLARIIDAE
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 18 July 2007)
(Photo: courtesy of
Graeme Cocks, Townsville)
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 18 July 2007)
(Photo: courtesy of
Graeme Cocks, Townsville)
The caterpillars of this species mine the leaves of various species of:
in the family MYRTACEAE.
The adult moths have fore wings with a striking pattern of rusty reddish-brown and white. The inner margins of all of the wings are heavily fringed. The wingspan is about 1 cm.
The species is found in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and the south of Western Australia.
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 198.
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