Macrobathra flavidus

Macrobathra flavidus is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by F.J. Qian and Y.Q. Liu in 1997. It is found in China.

Macrobathra flavidus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Macrobathra
Species:
M. flavidus
Binomial name
Macrobathra flavidus
F.J. Qian & Y.Q. Liu, 1997

The larvae feed on Cunninghamia lanceolata. They bore into the cone and seeds of their host plant.[1]

References
  1. Qian F.-j. & Y.-q. Liu, 1997: A new species of the oecophorids injurious to the cone and seed of China fir. (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae). Scientia Silvae Sinicae 33 (1): 66-68. Full article: .


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