
%0 Journal Article
%A New, TR 
%T Biology of Labdia Sp. (Lepidoptera: Cosmopterygidae), a Miner in Phyllodes of Acacia.
%J Australian Journal of Zoology
%D 1979/08/01
%V 27
%N 4
%P 529-536
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/ZO9790529
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/ZO9790529 
%X Labdia sp. mines phyllodes of several species of Acacia possessing large phyllodes. Its development in, and association with, A. saligna are outlined; the four larval instars all feed mainly on epidermis and palisade tissue, and pupation occurs within the mine. Faeces are extruded from the mine but retained in a mass on the outside and may protect the pupa. The life history and feeding biology of Labdia are compared with those of Acrocercops plebeia (Turner). 
