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.
- 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.
- Subfamily Taleporiinae are the primitive group in Family Psychidae. Larvae of many of them feed on lichens growing on tree trunks..
- Pictures were taken on Dec 2008, Karawatha Forest.
- Reference:
- 1. Moths of Australia - I. F. B. Common, Melbourne University Press, 1990, Fig51.3.
- 2. PSYCHIDAE of Australia - Caterpillars of Australian Moths - Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley, 2007.
- 3. Insects of Australia - CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p854, Fig41.33B.
