Tower Case Moth - Lepidoscia arctiella

Family Psychidae

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

 

Dec 2008, Karawatha Forest. This Case Moth larvae make elongate case ornament with short, spirally arranged pieces of twig cut from Grevillea, Brachyloma and other plants on which they feed. 

 

 

 

   

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Reference:

1. Moths of Australia  - I. F. B. Common, Melbourne University Press, 1990, Fig51.3.  

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Last updated: March 21, 2009.