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Scatochresis episema

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Oecophoridae

Scientific name
  
Scatochresis episema

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Scatochresis

Rank
  
Species

Scatochresis episema

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.

References

Scatochresis episema Wikipedia