The larvae feed on various herbaceous plants, including Festuca, Calluna vulgaris and Plantago lanceolata.
Among the grasses grown was perennial ryegrass and ribleaf or lamb's tongue, which he may have been responsible for introducing to South Australia
Plantago | Plantago maritima | Plantago lanceolata | Plantago ovata | Plantago major | Pentas lanceolata | Mined leaf of ''Plantago lanceolata | Codonopsis lanceolata |