This Caterpillar is an agricultural pest overseas and in Australia. It attacks stored grain.

The Caterpillar grows to a length of about 1 cm.

(Picture: courtesy of Casa Bernardo, Brasil)

The adult moths have a wingspan of about 1 cm. They are fawn coloured, with a fringe on the back of each hind wing. The males and females come together using identified pheromones (specific aromatic attractant substances).

The species occurs world-wide, for example in :

Venezuela.

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Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, pp. 68, 258.

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