''Limnaecia xanthotyla'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found on the

Solomon Islands Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and north-west of Vanuatu. It has a land area of , and a population of approx. 700,000. Its capita ...

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
Limnaecia Moths described in 1930 Taxa named by Edward Meyrick Moths of the Solomon Islands {{Antequerinae-stub