This Caterpillar lives in between a pair of leaves of the food plant joined by silk. The Caterpillar has a brown speckled head and a fawn body with a brown dorsolateral line each side, and brown mottling all over, except for the prothorax which is white. It feeds on:

White Mangrove ( Avicennia marina, AVICENNIACEAE ).

It has been found in Sydney, and grows to a length of about 1 cm.

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