
TY  - JOUR
A1  - New, TR 
T1  - Biology of Labdia Sp. (Lepidoptera: Cosmopterygidae), a Miner in Phyllodes of Acacia.
JF  - Australian Journal of Zoology
JO  - Aust. J. Zool.
Y1  - 1979
VL  - 27
IS  - 4
SP  - 529
EP  - 536
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/ZO9790529 
N2  - 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). 
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