Purple-banded Concealer Moth - Chrysonoma fascialis
Family Oecophoridae
This page contains information and pictures about Purple-banded Concealer Moths that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Body length 20mm
- Photos were taken in Karawatha Forest on August 2007.
- Found this moth again on Jan 2008 in Karawatha Forest
- Nov 2009, Carbrook Wetland
- Mar 2010, Ford Road Conservation Area
Concealer Moth Caterpillar
- The larvae live in portable cases formed from two irregular pieces cut from leaves of Eucalyptus or Lophostemon on which they feed.
- ? Chrysonoma fascialis, Case length 10mm
- Reference:
- 1. Moths of Australia - I. F. B. Common, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p 223, Plate 4.19.
