It feeds on the beans inside the pod. The Caterpillar is pink with a brown head.

(Photo: courtesy of Laszlo Nagy, Plant Protection Institute, Budapest, Hungary)

The adult moth is brown with a yellow costa to each forewing. Its pheromones have been elucidated.

Although found elsewhere, for example

so far, it is found only in Queensland in Australia.

Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common, Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 350.

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