Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 2 September 2008)
Photo: courtesy of John Ireson, Wade Chatterton, Richard Holloway and Sandy Leighton,
Tasmanian Institute of Agricultural Research
This species has been introduced deliberately from France into Australia to control
which is its foodplant. The Caterpillar has also been introduced into Canada for the same reason. The Caterpillar is white with a brown head, and feeds by boring into the stems of its food plant
The adult moth is pale brown with dark markings on upper wing surface. It has a wingspan of about 12 mm.
The species is common in the U.K. and Europe, and has been released in Australia in Victoria.
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