Cone Case Moth
Tower Case Moth
Less-stick Case Moth
 

                                               

Cone Case Moth - Lepidoscia sp.

Family Psychidae

This page contains information and pictures about Cone Case Moths that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.

Case length 20mm  
 
This caterpillar builds bag in slender cone shape, covered with small prices of stem and twig of the plants on which they feed. We found them on small gum trees during early summer in Karawatha Forest.
 
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Subfamily Taleporiinae are the primitive group in Family Psychidae. 
 
Reference:
1. Lepidoscia species - Caterpillars of Australian Moths - Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley, 2002. 
2. PSYCHIDAE of Australia - Caterpillars of Australian Moths - Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley, 2007.
 

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