The adult moths are a metallic gold colour with white markings, and have a wingspan of about 1 cm.
The species has been found in eastern Australia from southern Queensland to Tasmania, and in New Zealand.
Further reading :
Richard Bashford,
The insect complex inhabiting galls formed by
Cecidomyia acaciaelongifoliae Skuse (Diptera:
CECIDOMYIIDAE) on Blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon) in Tasmania.
The Australian Entomologist, Volume 33, Part 1
(March 2006), pp. 1-4.
Richard Bashford, The insect fauna inhabiting Uromycladium (Uredinales) rust galls on Silver Wattle (Acacia dealbata) in Tasmania, The Australian Entomologist, Volume 29, Part 3 (September 2002), pp. 81-95.
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