Leaf-case Moths - Garrha sp.
Family Oecophoridae
This page contains information and pictures about Leaf-case Moths that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Body length 15mm
- Garrha is a large genus with more than 40 species in Australia. Some species the adult moths look very similar. We found a few Garrha sp. moths in Brisbane and all put in this page. Genus Garrha caterpillars (see page bottom) make portable thin leaf-cases from dead Eucalyptus leaves upon which they feed.
- Garrha Moth I
- Garrha carnea, Sep 2007, Karawatha Forest
- 1. Garrha carnea - - Caterpillars of Australian Moths - Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley, 2010.
- Garrha Moth II
- Garrha sp., Dec 2007, Karawatha Forest, She-oak Area
- Garrha Moth III
- Garrha sp., Apr 2010, Ford Road Conservation Area
- Garrha Moth IV
- Garrha sp., Feb 2010, Botanic Garden
- Garrha Moth Caterpillar
- Garrha sp. larval case
- Garrha Moth Caterpillar live in portable case made of two cut oval-shaped dry eucalypt leaves attached by its silk. The caterpillar live inside and has the flat body. It occasionally partly comes out for feeding. Pupation occurs in the case without a cocoon. The pupa is flat as well. We found the the above larval case under loose gumtree bark.
- Reference:
- 1. Garrha carnea - - Caterpillars of Australian Moths - Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley, 2010.
- 2. A Guide to Australian Moths - Paul Zborowski, Ted Edwards, CSIRO PUBLISHING, 2007, p75.
- 3. Moths of Australia - I. F. B. Common, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p222, Fig52.4,5.
