Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Caterpillar in decaying wood, Hungary, June

Posted by pwalter on 06-06-2009 22:48
#1

Hi, is this a lepidopteran larva? About 3 cm long, in decaying pine?? wood.

Posted by Tony Irwin on 06-06-2009 23:28
#2

Yes, it's Lepidoptera - Oecophorinae. Possibly Esperia sulphurella or Oecophora bractella, but I'm not sure how to tell the larvae apart.