Salma marmorea (Warren, 1891)
(previously known as : Stericta marmorea)
 EPIPASCHIINAE, PYRALIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley

(updated 20 February 2008)


(Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott, Melbourne)

These caterpillars have been found feeding on a variety of MYRTACEAE, including:

  • Garden Tea Tree ( Leptospermum species ).

    The caterpillars live communally in shelters of leaves, silk webbing and frass. In Melbourne: the larval stage is from December to January and the adult moths emerge in February.


    (Photo: courtesy of Peter Marriott, Melbourne)

    The adult moths of this species are brown with what appears to be the outline of a map of Africa on the left forewing (and the mirror image pattern on the right forewing).

    The species is found in

  • Tasmania, and
  • Victoria.


    (Photo: courtesy of CSIRO Entomology)

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