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

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

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

This moth is off-white with four black bands on each forewing. The white areas have brownish patches. The moths have a wingspan of about 0.8 cm.

(Photo: courtesy of Matt Campbell, Churchill, Victoria)

The photographs here have only been identified as this species by comparison with Meyrick's description. No morphological comparisons with type specimens or DNA investigations have been done.

The species appears to have been found in

Victoria.

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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), pp. 354-355, No. 106.

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(written 28 November 2024)