This Caterpillar is a cosmopolitan pest, particularly of stored vegetable products. It has even been recorded as boring into the corks of wine and champagne. In the wild, it appears to feed on wild fungi. It grows to a length of about 1 cm.

The adult moth is white with brown markings, and has a wingspan of about 1.5 cms. It has been reported in :

pheromone traps.

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Further reading :

Gaden S. Robinson & Ebbe S. Nielsen, Tineid Genera of Australia, Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Volume 2, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 1993, pp. ix,x,10,246-252,263,279.

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