Garrha limbata
Garrha limbata is a moth of the family Oecophoridae. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and South Australia.
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| Species: | G. limbata |
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The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are reddish fuscous with ochreous whitish scales and a dark fuscous dot in the disc before the middle, a second in the disc beyond the middle (connected with the first by a line of ochreous whitish scales) and a third on the fold. The hindwings are yellow, the apex and hindmargin broadly suffused with blackish grey.[1]
The larvae feed on the dead leaves of Eucalyptus species. They construct a case from two oval pieces of a dead leaf of the host plant joined with silk. Pupation takes place in the case.[2]