''Macrobathra flavidus'' 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 was described by F.J. Qian and Y.Q. Liu in 1997. It is found in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

. The larvae feed on '' Cunninghamia lanceolata''. They bore into the cone and seeds of their host plant., 1997: A new species of the oecophorids injurious to the cone and seed of China fir. (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae). ''Scientia Silvae Sinicae'' 33 (1): 66-68. Full article

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
Moths described in 1997 Macrobathra {{Macrobathra-stub