Kingdom Animalia Family Autostichidae Scientific name Oecia oecophila Rank Species | Class Insecta Genus Oecia
Walsingham, 1897 Phylum Arthropoda Order Butterflies and moths | |
Similar Butterflies and moths, Cosmopterix pulchrimella, Diasemiopsis ramburialis, Bedellia somnulentella, Cosmopterix | ||
Oecia oecophila is a moth of the Autostichidae family and only species in the Oecia genus. It is widely distributed in the West Indies, Central America and South America, southern Europe, Japan, northern and southern Africa, Malaya, Java, Indonesia, Australia and Hawaii. It has been widely dispersed by commerce.
The wingspan is about 10 mm for males and 13 mm for females.
The larvae are coprophagous but might also feed on decaying vegetable matter.
References
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