Labdia deliciosella

Labdia deliciosella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Labdia
Species: L. deliciosella
Binomial name
Labdia deliciosella
Walker, 1864[1]
Synonyms
  • Glyphipteryx receptella Walker, 1864

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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