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INSECT FACTS |
Identification
The Common Eupselia Moth is a greyish brown colour. The forewings are greying with darker grey brown neat the tips. Their is a dark semicircular patch on the inner edge of each forewing. The hindwings are yellowish near the base and black on the outer half of the hindwing.
Size
wingspand about 15mm
Food
The caterpillars feed on the leaves of eucalypt trees.
Range
The Common Eupselia Moth has been found in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia.
Classification
| Class: | Insecta | | Order: | Lepidoptera | | Family: | Oecophoridae | | Genus: | Eupselia | | Species: | carpocapsella | | Common Name: | Common Eupselia Moth |
Relatives in same Genus
no common name (E. aristonica)
no common name (E. beatella)
no common name (E. holoxantha)
no common name (E. satrapella)
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