Lichenaula undulatella (Walker, 1864)
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| Lichenaula undulatella (Walker, 1864). Imbil, Queensland, October 2014. |
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| Lichenaula undulatella (Walker, 1864). BOLD. |
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| Lichenaula undulatella (Walker, 1864), Queensland Museum. |
Cryptolechia undulatella Walker, 1864, Tineites. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Vol. 29. 562–835 pp. [756]. Holotype BMNH ♀, Moreton Bay, Qld.
Lichenaula undulatella, Walk. Meyrick, 1890: Descriptions of Australian Lepidoptera. Part I. Xyloryctidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 13: 23–81 [47].
Lichenaula undulatella, Walk. Lower, 1896: A catalogue of Victorian Heterocera. Part xix. The Victorian Naturalist, 12: 149-152 [150]
Lichenaula undulatella, Walk. Turner, 1898. The Xyloryctidae of Queensland. Annals of the Queensland Museum 4: 1–32 [19].
Lichenaula undulatella, Walk. Lower, 1901. Descriptions of new genera and species of Australian Lepidoptera. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 25: 63-98 [84].
Lichenaula undulatella, Walk. Beutenmüller, 1901, Catalogue of the Described Transformations of Australian Lepidoptera, Journal of the New York Entomological Society, IX, 4, 148-177 [173].
Phthonerodes undulatella, Wlk., synonym of P. lichenea Meyrick 1890 [Cryptophasidae]. Fletcher, T. B., 1929, A list of generic names used for Microlepidoptera. Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture of India, 11: 1-244 [126].
Lichenaula undulatella, Walk. Common, 1990, Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press. 227-230.
Lichenaula undulatella Walker, 1864. Common, in Nielsen, Edwards, & Rangsi, 1996, Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera, 4: i-xiv, 1-529 & CD-ROM [88].
Xylorycta undulatella (Walker, 1864). Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/lepindex [accessed 23 April 2010].
Lichenaula undulatella Walker, 1864. Edwards, E. D. (2003), Xyloryctinae. Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra. http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/XYLORYCTINAE [accessed 18 June 2010].
Original description, Walker 1864
Cryptolechia undulatella.
Foem. Cana, robusta, squamosa; palpi extus fusci; antennae :nigrae; pedes breves, validi, tibiis posticis fimbriatis; alae anticae vitta latissima fusca antice diffusa postice concisa undulata lineam transversam undulatam canam includente; punctis marginalibus nigris; posticae aneo-cinereae.
Female. Hoary; stout, smooth, squamous. Palpi slender, twice longer than the breadth of the head, mostly brown on the outer side; third joint setiform, nearly as long as the second. Antennae black. Legs short, stout; hind tibiae fringed. Wings rather broad. Fore wings rounded at the tips, with a very broad brown stripe, which is diffuse towards the costa and towards the exterior border, but is concise and undulating towards the interior border, which it almost reaches near the interior angle; a hoary deeply undulating transverse line near the end of the stripe; marginal points black; first point near the end of the costa, second apical; six along the interior border, which is straight and slightly oblique. Hind wings cinereous, with an aeneous tinge. Length of the body 5 lines [10.6mm]; of the wings 14 lines [29.6mm].
a. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles’ collection.
Subsequent description, Meyrick 1890
Lich. undulatella, Walk.
(Cryptolechia undulatella, Walk, 756.)
Male 18-21mm. Head, palpi, antennae, and thorax grey; antennal ciliations ¼. Abdomen brownish. Anterior legs dark fuscous; middle and posterior pair white, tarsi fuscous, posterior tibiae fuscous externally. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa gently arched, apex rounded, hindmargin straight, oblique; 7 to hindmargin; red-brown, becoming deeper on lower half; a rather broad white streak along costa from near base to near apex, attenuated to both extremities; a broad grey streak, sprinkled with brownish, along inner margin from base to anal angle, beyond middle forming a broad triangular projection upwards, reaching half across wing, thence abruptly attenuated; a darker transverse mark in disc at 2/3; a slender strongly outwards-curved whitish line from costal streak at 2/3 to inner margin before anal angle, indented above lower extremity, where it forms a small spot; a grey apical blotch, covering whole area beyond this line except a spot towards anal angle; a series of small dark fuscous spots along hindmargin and around apex: cilia light ochreous-brownish, with a white basal line. Hindwings fuscous, lighter and more ochreous-tinged anteriorly, hindmargin suffusedly darker; cilia yellow-whitish, with a grey line.
Sydney, New South Wales, in November and January; three specimens. Larva 16-legged, stout, cylindrical; dirty whitish, spots large, black; feeds in a stout gallery of silk and refuse along leaflets of Acacia decurrens, in October.
Other references
L. undulatella, Walk. (Cryptolechia undulatella, Walk., 756; Lichenaula undulatella, Meyr., Tr. Roy. Soc. S.A., 47, 1889).
Ararat. (Lower, 1896).
Lichenaula undulatella, Walk. (Cryptolechia undulatella Walker, 756; Lichenaula undulatella, Meyrick, 47.) Male, 17-20 mm. Female, 23 mm. Mr. Illidge has a variety of the male in which the whitish costal coloration extends beyond middle of disc reducing the red-brown ground-colour to a minimum, and giving the specimen at first sight a very distinct appearance.
Brisbane: Mr. Illidge has found the larvae feeding in among the leaves of Jacksonia scoparia (Dogwood), also of Acacia. (Turner, 1898).
[Lichenaula ombralota ( = Plectophila discalis)] Nearest undulatella, Walk. (Lower, 1901).
Lichenaula undulatella Walk.
1890 — Larva (brief). E. Meyrick. Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austral., p. 47.
Food-plant : Acacia dccurrens. (Beutenmüller, 1901).
Crypt. Lichenaula Meyrick 1890 (PHTHONERODES, Meyr.)
T. R. Soc.S. Autr. XIII 46: type [undulatella Wlk. = lichenea M. [E. Australia]. (Fletcher, 1929).
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| Lichenaula undulatella (Walker, 1864). Fig 22.20: Common, 1990. |
L. undulatella (Walk.) (Fig 22.20) has grey fore wings marked with brown; it occurs from northern Queensland to Victoria. The larva feeds on Acacia decurrens, A. melanoxylon and other wattles (Mimosaceae), and Jacksonia scoparia (Fabaceae), forming a tubular shelter among the foliage. (Common, 1990).
Diagnosis:
Description:
Head:
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| Lichenaula undulatella (Walker, 1864). ♀ head, IM08-2687, Imbil, Queensland. |
Thorax:
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| Lichenaula undulatella (Walker, 1864). ♀Wing venation. |
Abdomen:
 
Lichenaula undulatella,♂genitalia. IM18-0008, Imbil, Queensland.
Lichenaula undulatella, clasper. IM18-0008.
Lichenaula undulatella, uncus and gnathos. IM18-0008.
Lichenaula undulatella, anellus. IM18-0008.
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Lichenaula undulatella (Walker, 1864).♂genitalia. Toowoomba, QLD, 18 November 1929, collected by Ed Dumigan. ANIC slide no. G271, dissected by I.F.B. Common, 1959.
Lichenaula undulatella, clasper. G271.
 
Lichenaula undulatella, anellus, saccus and juxta. G271.
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Food plants: Larva boring in plant gall or in shelter in leaves or phyllodes. Larval foodplants: Acacia decurrens, A. melanoxylon, A. pendula, Acacia spp. (Mimosaceae); Jacksonia scoparia (Fabaceae). (Edwards, 2003).
Flight period: October, November, January.
Distribution: New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia. Endemic. (Edwards, 2003).
Remarks:
Updated 19 September 2019.