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Oegoconia caradjai

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Oegoconia caradjai
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O. caradjai
Binomial name
Oegoconia caradjai
Popescu-Gorj and Capuse, 1965[1]

Oegoconia caradjai is a species of gelechioid moth. It is known from most of Europe, except Fennoscandia and the north-east.[2] It is also found in New Zealand, as an established exotic.[3]

The wingspan is about 15 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August in a single generation in western Europe.[4] Indoors, they can be observed till October.

The larvae feed on leaf litter, vegetable detritus, rotten leaves and can also be found in waste of straw in barns and stables. Pupation takes place in a loose cocoon, covered with excrements amongst leaf litter.[5]

Systematics and taxonomy

It belongs to the subfamily Symmocinae, which is sometimes included in the case-bearers (Coleophoridae) or united with the concealer moth subfamily Autostichinae. Oegoconia is the type genus of the symmocid subfamily Oegoconiinae (or tribe Oegoconiini, if the symmocids are merged into another family).

References

  1. ^ Lepidoptera of New Zealand
  2. ^ De Prins, Willy (1 March 2005). "Oegoconia caradjai, a new species for the Belgian fauna (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae)" (PDF). Phegea. 33 (1): 9–12. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
  3. ^ NZOR
  4. ^ UKmoths
  5. ^ Lepidoptera of Belgium