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Flat red wingia

Euchaetis rhizobola

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 ).
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...
zoological_division: DITRYSIA
superfamily: GELECHIOIDEA
family: OECOPHORIDAE
subfamily: OECOPHORINAE
supertribe: Wingia group
tribe: Wingia Subgroup 11
http://www.lepbarcoding.org/australia/sp...

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Mark Ridgway
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Mark Ridgway

Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Oct 24, 2015
Submitted on Oct 24, 2015

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