Australian bag moth pupa
Cebysa leucotelus Walker
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Psychidae
Size range
- Bag can be 15–20 mm long
Distribution
- Australian
- First found in Auckland in 1981
Life History
- Caterpillar forms an untidy bag to live and pupate in
- Found on rock walls and houses. Feeds on minute algae and lichen
- Adult female is often mistaken for a beetle. Adult female can fly, but only in short hops
- Male is fully winged
