Opogona omoscopa

Opogona omoscopa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tineidae
Genus:	Opogona
Species:	O. omoscopa
Binomial name
	Opogona omoscopa; (Meyrick, 1893)
Synonyms
	Hieroxestis omoscopa Meyrick, 1893; Gracilaria strassenella Enderleinm, 1903; Hieroxestis praematura Meyrick, 1909; Opogona apicalis Swezey, 1909;

Opogona omoscopa is a moth of the family Tineidae.

Distribution

It is found in western Australia, New Zealand, south-east Asia, in Africa from Ethiopia to South Africa and several islands of the Indian Ocean.^[1] It is also one of the few species that had been recorded on the remote island of Île Amsterdam of the French Southern and Antarctic Territories. It is an introduced species in the United States, Europe and the United Kingdom.

The wingspan is about 15 mm.

The larvae feed on various types of decaying vegetation including rotting wood, cork, compost, rhubarb, gladioli corms and pineapple roots. Host-plants include: Persea sp. (Lauraceae), Limonium sp. (Plumbaginaceae), Cyclamen sp. (Myrsinaceae), Thuja sp. (Cupressaceae), Fuchsia sp. (Onagraceae), Saccharum sp. (Poaceae) and Quercus suber (Fagaceae).^[2]

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^ Sterling, P. H., Lawlor, M. P. & Costen, P. D. M. 2009. Opogona omoscopa (Meyrick, 1893) (Lepidoptera: Tineidae) new to the Channel Islands. - Entomologist's Gazette 60:29–35, see: afromoths

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