Philobota arabella (Newman, 1856)
(previously known as Oecophora arabella)
OECOPHORINAE ,   OECOPHORIDAE

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

Philobota arabella     Philobota arabella
(Photos: courtesy of Wendy Moore, Melbourne)

The caterpillars of this species are thought to feed in leaf litter.

The adult moth has orange forewings which have a broad brown hairy margin. The wingspan is about 2.5 cms. The moths are found typically in September and October.

Philobota arabella
(Photo: courtesy of Laura Levens, Upper Beaconsfield, Victoria)

The species is found in dry grassy native woodlands in:

  • Victoria.

    Further Reading:

    Ian F. B. Common,
    Oecophorine Genera of Australia II: The Chezala, Philobota and Eulechria groups (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae), Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Volume 5, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 1997, pp. 286-7.

    E. Newman,
    Characters of a few Australian Lepidoptera, collected by Mr. Thomas R. Oxley, Trans. Ent. Soc. London (2)3(8) (1856) pl. 18, p.296.

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    (updated 25 February 2010)