1. Live pictures

1.1. Imago

2. Diagnosis

2.1. Original description

1-2: Meyrick (1897: 299-300) [from Copyright-free scans at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Biology

3.1. Larval hostplants

• [Casuarinaceae:] Allocasuarina littoralis [= Casuarina littoralis, Casuarina suberosa] (black she-oak, black sheoak, river black-oak)
• [Casuarinaceae:] Casuarina sp. ??

Meyrick (1897) noticed: "Larva on Casuarina suberosa boring into the twigs in November; case long, slender, formed of several superadded sections of bored twigs of the foodplant." This plant is now known as Allocasuarina littoralis.

Baldizzone (1996: 98) wrote: "According to the original description, also reported by Common (1990: 241) 'the larvae construct a slender, elongate case from small pieces of the twigs of Casuarina (Casuarinaceae) on which they feed.' Unfortunately the original series kept in the BMNH as well as the specimens in ANIC are without larval cases so that it is impossible to illustrate the cases."

(Author: Erwin Rennwald)

4. Further information

4.1. Literature

• Original description: Baldizzone, G. (1996): A taxonomic review of the Coleophoridae (Lepidoptera) of Australia. — Tijdschrift voor entomologie 139: 97-144. [Digitized version at biodiversitylibrary.org]
• Original description: Meyrick, E. (1897): Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera. XVII. Elachistidaæ. — The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 22: 297-435. Sydney (F. Cunninghame & Co.).