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The
Common Xenica has a wing span of about 38mm. It can be found in the southern
temperate parts of South Australia, including Adelaide. Its natural habitat is heathland,
shrubland, woodland and forest. It prefers cool, damp and shady
areas where its foodplants, which are grasses such as kangaroo grass and slender
tussock grass, stay in a green condition. The young larvae feed on foodplant
leaves, but as the larvae get larger, they will also eat all the softer parts of the foodplant including
the young seed heads. |
