Labdia irigramma
| Labdia irigramma | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
| Genus: | Labdia |
| Species: | L. irigramma
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| Binomial name | |
| Labdia irigramma Meyrick, 1927
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Labdia irigramma is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Edward 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 its prey.
References
[edit]- ^ 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.