| White-shouldered House Moth (one synonym: Endrosis fenestrella Scopoli, 1763) CHEZALA GOUP OECOPHORINAE, OECOPHORIDAE, GELECHIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
listed as Endrosis fenestrella
illustration by Buckler, Wendel, and Trap,
The larvæ of the British butterflies and moths,
Ray Society, London (1910), Volume 9, Plate CLXII, fig. 12,
image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library,
digitized by Ernst Mayr Library, Harvard University.
These Caterpillars are off-white, each with a dark brown head and collar. The caterpillars are synanthropic house pests, apparently feeding on any vegetable or animal material, including
The species was introduced into Australia by accident.
The adult moths are buff coloured, speckled with brown, with a pattern of dark markings. The moths have a white head and thorax. They have a wingspan of about 2 cms.
The species has been found throughout the world, eg:
and after its accidental introduction into Australia, occurs now all over the country, including:
Further reading :
William Buckler,
The larvæ of the British butterflies and moths,
Ray Society, London (1910), Vol.9 (1901), pp. 334-335, and
Plate 162, fig. 12.
Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia,
Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 68.
Ian F.B. Common,
Oecophorine Genera of Australia I:
The Wingia Group (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae),
Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Volume 3,
CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 1994, pp. 19, 33-34, 37.
Ian F.B. Common,
Oecophorine Genera of Australia II:
The Chezala, Philobota and Eulechria groups (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae),
Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Volume 5,
CSIRO Publishing, 1997, pp. 21, 248, 250-251, 262.
Carl von Linné,
Insecta, Part 3 Lepidoptera,
Systema Naturae (Edn 10, 1758) Volume 1, p. 536.
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(updated 1 November 2012, 26 July 2026)