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Oecia oecophila (Staudinger, 1876)

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Higher taxa: Schistonoeidae (family)/  Oeciinae (subfamily)/  Oecia (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Staudinger, 1876)
Citation:Macroceras Oecophila, Stgr.
Original genus:Macroceras
Publication:Staudinger O. 1876. In: von Kalchberg, A.: Beiträge zur Lepidopteren-Fauna Sicilien's.
Journal:Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung
Volume:37
Issue:4–6
Pagination:150
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8987878
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Oecia oecophila (Staudinger, 1876) Lectotype ♀ MfN Lectotype ♀, designated by L. A. Gozmány (2000a: 85), MfN Italy [Italy], Sicilia, Palermo, via Lolli, 29.vii., leg. Kalchberg. Gozmány L. A. 2000a. Holcopogonidae. – In: Gaedike, R. (Ed.) Microlepidoptera Palaearctica. page 150
Oecia oecophila (Staudinger, 1876) Lectotype ♀ MfN Paralectotype 1♀, MfN. Italy [Italy], Sicilia, Palermo, via Lolli, 29.vii., leg. Kalchberg. Gozmány L. A. 2000a. Holcopogonidae. – In: Gaedike, R. (Ed.) Microlepidoptera Palaearctica. page 150
Distribution note:

Australasian: ?Australia, Hawaii; Nearctic: USA (Virgin Islands); Neotropical: Brazil; Oriental: ?Malaysia, Pakistan, ?Taiwan; Palaearctic: Japan, Lebanon, Libya, Malta, Morocco, South Europe. Perhaps also in South Africa (Gozmány 2000a: 88).

Plant note:

Coprophagous, and perhaps also deacying vegetable matter (see J. Ghesquière 1940a: 56, L. A. Gozmány 2000a: 87).

Gozmány L. A. 2000a. Holcopogonidae. – In: Gaedike, R. (Ed.) Microlepidoptera Palaearctica.
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Oecia oecophila (Staudinger, 1876) Undefined Decaying vegetable matter Undefined Ghesquière J. 1940a. Lépidoptères Microlépidoptères (première partie). page 56
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Oecia husadeli (Rebel, 1910) (Rebel, 1910) species Synonym Apatema husadeli
Oecia maculata Walsingham, 1897 Walsingham, 1897 species Synonym Oecia maculata