Metoecis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Subfamily: | Phycitinae |
| Genus: | Metoecis Mabille, 1879 |
| Species: | M. carnifex
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| Binomial name | |
| Metoecis carnifex (Coquerel, 1855)
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Metoecis is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Paul Mabille in 1879. Its only species, Metoecis carnifex, was described by Charles Coquerel in 1855.[1] It is found on Madagascar and South Africa.[2]
The larvae are parasitic on Anaphe infraeta. They perforate the newly formed cocoons and pupate within the cocoon envelope.
References
- ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
- ^ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Metoecis carnifex (Coquerel, 1855)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
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