Cryptoptila australana
Cryptoptila australana TORTRICINAE TORTRICIDAE
The larval food plants are said to be Native Elderberry or Elderberry Panax ( Polyscias sambucifolia, ARALIACEAE ), and Waratah ( Telopea speciosissima, PROTEACEAE ).Although we do not have either of these plants, we do have other plants in the PROTEACEAE and ARALIACEAE families. I don't know if the caterpillars can survive on the alternative plants, but we do have Silky Oak, (Grevillea robusta), as well as Banksia and a number of other plants in the PROTEACEAE family, also Celerywood (Polyscias elegans) and Small-leaved Pennywort (Hydrocotyle peduncularis) both in ARALIACEAE.
Other Cryptoptila moths have been reared on leaves of a plant in the ICACINACEAE family.
The wing span is around 30mm.
Family:- TORTRICIDAE
Sub Family:- TORTRICINAE
Genus:- Cryptoptila
Species:- australana
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Leptocroca sanguinolenta OECOPHORINAE OECOPHORIDAE
The larvae have been reared on the dead leaves of Eucalyptus (MYRTACEAE), including E. tereticornis and E. rubida (MYRTACEAE ), some of them taking up to a year from egg, to reach maturity and emerge as adults.
Wing span for males around 25-30mm and slightly smaller for the females.
Family:- OECOPHORIDAE
Sub Family:- OECOPHORINAE
Genus:- Leptocroca
Species:- sanguinolenta
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