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.afromoths 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.
Biology The wingspan is about 18-22 mm.Meyrick E. 1893. Descriptions of Australian Microlepidoptera. XVI. Tineidae. - Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (2) 7 (1892):477–612.
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).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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External links Australian Caterpillars UKmoths Australian Faunal Directory