Limnaecia melanoma

Limnaecia melanoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Limnaecia
Species: L. melanoma
Binomial name
Limnaecia melanoma
(Lower, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Ptilochares melanoma Lower, 1897

Limnaecia melanoma is a moth in the Cosmopterigidae family. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Victoria.[1]

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings white and the hindwings are fuscous.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Australian Faunal Directory
  2. ↑ Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales


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