Homadaula myriospila

Homadaula myriospila is a moth in the Galacticidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1907.^[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Shark Bay to Cape Arid National Park in Western Australia.

The wingspan is 13-17 mm. The forewings are grey, finely irrorated with white and strewn with numerous dark fuscous dots. The absence of white irroration generally forms a subquadrate blotch on the costa before the middle, its anterior edge darker and tending to be produced to the dorsum, but this is sometimes obsolete or reduced to a spot in the disc. There is a more or less distinct small dark spot above the dorsum before the tornus. The hindwings are ochreous-grey, becoming darker towards the apex.^[2]

The larvae feed on the leaves of Acacia species. They web the phyllodes of their host plant together with silk, creating a shelter from which they feed.^[3]

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