Erechthias ancistrosema Turner 1939
(previously known as: Comodica ancistrosema)
TINEIDAE

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

(updated 9 December 2009)

These Caterpillars have been found feeding and living inside :

  • galls caused by a rust fungus Uromycladium tepperianum ( UREDINALES )

    on :

  • Silver Wattle ( Acacia dealbata, MIMOSACEAE ).

    The species has only been found in Tasmania.


    Further reading :

    Richard Bashford, The insect fauna inhabiting Uromycladium (Uredinales) rust galls on Silver Wattle (Acacia dealbata) in Tasmania, The Australian Entomologist, Volume 29, Part 3 (September 2002), pp. 81-95.

    Gaden S. Robinson & Ebbe S. Nielsen, Tineid Genera of Australia, Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Volume 2, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 1993, pp. ix,x,10,246-252,263,279.


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