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Metoecis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Pyralidae
Genus:
Metoecis[1]

Mabille, 1879
Species:
M. carnifex
Binomial name
Metoecis carnifex
(Coquerel, 1855)
Synonyms
  • Chilo carnifex Coquerel, 1855
  • Metoecis lepidocerella Mabille, 1879

Metoecis carnifex is a species of snout moth, and the only species in the genus Metoecis. It was described by Coquerel in 1855. 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

  1. ^ "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. ^ Afro Moths


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