Sphecioses

Sphecioses
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Sphecioses
D.R.Davis & M.M.Davis, 2007
Species: S. acignathus
Binomial name
Sphecioses acignathus
D.R.Davis & M.M.Davis, 2007

Sphecioses is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. It contains only one species, Sphecioses acignathus, which is found in Venezuela.

The case-bearing larva of this species is believed to feed primarily as a scavenger within the nests of certain social bees and wasps.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Neotropical tineidae, V: A new genus and species of tineidae associated with social hymenoptera and re-examination of two poorly known genera with similar biology (Lepidoptera: Tineidae, Lyonetiidae)
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