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Flat red wingia

Euchaetis rhizobola

Photo by Mark Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

A distinctive cream and red moth about 15mm long

Habitat:

Drawn to light in the local national park. Dandenong Ranges

Notes:

Another Wingia group member. Leaf skeletoniser. The Caterpillar is green with white rings. It forms a tubular silk shelter in a curled leaf on its food plant. ( Myrtaceae ). <br> http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:bb… <br>
zoological_division: DITRYSIA <br>
superfamily: GELECHIOIDEA <br>
family: OECOPHORIDAE <br>
subfamily: OECOPHORINAE <br>
supertribe: Wingia group <br>
tribe: Wingia Subgroup 11 <br> http://www.lepbarcoding.org/australia/species.php?region=1&id=69303&spe…

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