Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Oecophoridae Scientific name Scatochresis episema | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Scatochresis Rank Species | |
Scatochresis episema is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is known from New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria.
Adults have grey or brown forewings with black marks all over them.
The larvae feed on the mammal scat of Phascolarctos cinereus.
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