cocoon
(Image: courtesy of Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extension Service)
The Caterpillar grows to a length of about 2 cms.
(Image: courtesy of CSIRO Entomology)
The pheromones of this species have been elucidated.
It was unfortunately introduced by accident into Australia.
Attempts are being made to control this pest using :
Grain that has been damaged by this Caterpillar can be used perhaps for chicken feed.
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, pp. 68, 347.
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(updated 11 September 2008)