Labdia oxysema (Meyrick, 1897)
 (formerly known as Pyroderces oxysema)
COSMOPTERIGINAE,   COSMOPTERIGIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Labdia oxysema
(Photo: courtesy of Katarina Christenson, Melba, Australian Capital Territory)

The adult moths have dark brown forewings which have an irregular off-white streak along the hind-margin, and two off-white spots on the costa. The hindwings are pale grey. The antennae are as long as the body, and are sometimes held pointing upwards, and sometimes pointing out sideways. The wingspan is about 1 cm.

Labdia oxysema
(Photo: courtesy of Katarina Christenson, Melba, Australian Capital Territory)

The species has been found in :

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales, and
  • Australian Capital Territory.

    The photos currently on BOLD (31 March 2021) are a different species.

    Further reading :

    Edward Meyrick,
    Descriptions of Australian Microlepidoptera XVII: Elachistidae,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 22 (1897), p. 351, No. 99.

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    (written 31 March 2021)