Labdia deliciosella
| Labdia deliciosella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
| Genus: | Labdia |
| Species: | L. deliciosella |
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| Labdia deliciosella Walker, 1864[1] | |
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Labdia deliciosella is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is known from Australia, including the Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales.
The wingspan is about 20 mm. Adults have yellow forewings with a large brown area at the base containing thin metallic blue streaks. The wingtips are black.[2]
The larvae bore into the stems of Acacia perangusta and the galls of Eriosoma lanigerum on Malus pomone.
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