Bird-dropping Concealer Moth - Zonopetala clerota
Family Oecophoridae
This page contains information and pictures about Bird-dropping Concealer Moths that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Body length 15mm
- The moth in the above 2nd photo just came out from pupa and not moved a bit even our disturbs. Picture was taken in Karawatha Forest during early summer. This moth mimics the bird-dropping, looks very similar to the Bird-dropping Lichen Moth.
- Reference:
- 1. Zonopetala clerota - Caterpillars of Australian Moths - Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley, 2007.
