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Euchaetis rhizobola
A distinctive cream and red moth about 15mm long
Drawn to light in the local national park. Dandenong Ranges
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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