living between leaves joined with silk. It is a translucent mottled reddish-green, with white between the segments, a thin dark dorsal line, and a brown head. The prothorax is also brown but has a pale dorsal patch. The Caterpillar grows to a length of about 1 cm.

It produces a boring little brown moth with dark edges to the wings, some dark spots near the middle of each fore wing. It has a wingspan of about 1.5 cms.

(Specimen: courtesy of the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)

Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common, Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 222.

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(updated 17 May 2011)