Concealer Moth


Concealer Moth – Eido trimaculella

Concealer Moth

 

Concealer moths are so called after their caterpillars’ habit of feeding concealed within a web or hidden inside rolled or tied foliage. Some species feed on wide varieties of deciduous trees, others scavenge on animal carcasses.

Concealer Moth

 

Family Oecophoridae spans 42 species in 23 genera. [1]
Live adult moths photographed at Marienville, Pennsylvania. Size = 7mm

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