Labdia leucombra (Meyrick, 1897) (formerly known as Pyroderces leucombra) COSMOPTERIGINAE,   COSMOPTERIGIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species have brown forewings each with some white lines along the wing, and a black spot on the margin. The hindwings are plain brown. The moths have a wingspan of about 1 cm.

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in

Queensland.

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Further reading :

Edward Meyrick,
Descriptions of Australian Microlepidoptera. XVII. Elachistidae,
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
Volume 22 (1897), p. 345, No. 87.

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(written 12 November 2018)