Stangeia xerodes (Meyrick, 1886)
(one synonym :
Trichoptilus xerodes)
PTEROPHORIDAE
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Debbie Matthews Lott
(updated 23 August 2004)
This Caterpillar is reported to feed on the new shoots of:
Gynandropsis ( Cleome,
CAPPARIDACEAE ),
Pidgeon Peas ( Cajanus cajan,
FABACEAE ), and
various
Wattles ( Acacia,
MIMOSACEAE ).
(Specimen: courtesy of the
The Australian Museum)
The adult moth has a wingspan of about 1 cm.
It is found over most of mainland Australia.
Further reading :
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 333.
