Labdia irigramma

Labdia irigramma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Labdia
Species: L. irigramma
Binomial name
Labdia irigramma
Meyrick, 1927

Labdia irigramma is a moth in the Cosmopterigidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1927. It is known from Samoa.[1] Due to evolution from natural selection, they are brown, to blend in with Samoan Inocarpus fagifer tree bark, as a natural camouflage from it's pray.

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Labdia irigramma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 7, 2018.


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