Opogona comptella

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| image = Opogona comptella 6052176.jpg

| taxon = Opogona comptella

| authority = (Walker, 1864){{cite web|title=Opogona comptella|url=http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/tine/comptel.html|website=Butterfly House|accessdate=27 April 2016}}

| synonyms = * Tinea comptella Walker, 1864

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Opogona comptella is a species of moth in the family Tineidae. It is found in New Zealand and in Australia from southern Queensland to Tasmania.

The wingspan is about 15 mm.{{cite web|url=http://linus.socs.uts.edu.au/~don/larvae/tine/comptel.html |title=Opogona comptella |author=Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley |publisher=uts.edu.au |date=13 September 2006 |accessdate=2009-02-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080813213446/http://linus.socs.uts.edu.au/~don/larvae/tine/comptel.html |archivedate=13 August 2008 }}

The larvae feed on the bark of Salix vitellina and the galls of Acacia dealbata (caused by the rust fungus Uromycladium tepperianum) and Acacia melanoxylon (caused by the fly Cecidomyia acaciaelongifoliae).

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Category:Opogona

Category:Moths of Australia

Category:Moths of New Zealand

Category:Moths described in 1864

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