Delexocha ochrocausta (Meyrick, 1884) is a animal in the Oecophoridae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Delexocha ochrocausta (Meyrick, 1884)

Delexocha ochrocausta (Meyrick, 1884)

Delexocha ochrocausta is the only species of the Australian oecophorid moth genus Delexocha.

Family
Genus
Delexocha
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Delexocha ochrocausta (Meyrick, 1884)

Delexocha is a monotypic moth genus in the family Oecophoridae, which was erected by Ian Francis Bell Common in 1997. Delexocha ochrocausta is the only species in this genus. It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1884, and it is found in Australia, specifically in Queensland, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, and Victoria.

Photo: (c) Reiner Richter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Reiner Richter · cc-by-nc-sa

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Oecophoridae Delexocha

More from Oecophoridae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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