The caterpillars eat the flesh of the leaves leaving the skin intact, which is transparent and looks like small windows in the leaves.

oops: no abdomen
(Photo: courtesy of Landcare Research Ltd., New Zealand)

The adult moth is brown with black patches, and has a wingspan of about 1 cm.

(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Australian Capital Territory)

The species occurs worldwide, for example :

Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, fig. 28.14, pp. 292-293.

Paul Zborowski and Ted Edwards,
A Guide to Australian Moths, CSIRO Publishing, 2007, p. 109.

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(updated 26 March 2011)