Crops > Ornamentals > Agave > Caterpillar interception, Australia

April 2004. The identity of a caterpillar (?Tineidae) found boring into the stem of a yucca plant from Guatemala, intercepted in Australia. The larva is 27 mm in length, creamy white with a dark brown head and was found deep within the yucca stem which had a diameter of 45 mm.