(one synonym : Gelechia heliopa)
Tobacco Stem Borer
GELECHIINAE , GELECHIIDAE
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(Picture: courtesy of
CSIRO Entomology)
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(Picture: courtesy of
CSIRO Entomology)
The Caterpillars of this species are a pest as they bore into the stems and damage :
The adult moths have pale brown forewings and white hindwings, the latter having a wide fringe of hairs along the inner margin.
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common, Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 260.
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(updated 17 March 2004)