(previously known as : Narycia cataphracta)
PSYCHIDAE
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 20 September 2006)
(Photo: courtesy of
Ken Harris)
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 20 September 2006)
(Photo: courtesy of
Ken Harris)
These Caterpillars live and pupate in a tapering cylindrical case with an oblique aperture. They camouflage the case with their food plants:
The adult is white with black zigzag lines. It has a wingspan of about 3 cms.
The species is found in Tasmania, South Australia, and Victoria.
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 178.
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