Banded Timber Moth - Lichenaula sp.

Family Xyloryctidae

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

Body length 15mm

 

 

Pictures taken on Oct 2009, Anstead Forest. It is believed their larvae feed on lichens or on leaves, live in silk tube shelter. 

 

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Reference:

1. Zonopetala alypa - Caterpillars of Australian Moths - Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley, 2008. 

2. Australian Moths Online - CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences 2011.  

3. Moths of Australia - I. F. B. Common, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p227.

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