Oecocecis

Oecocecis is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Oecocecis guyonella, which is found in southern Europe (France, Sicily and Cyprus), North Africa and Syria.^[1]

Oecocecis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Tribe:	Apatetrini
Genus:	Oecocecis Guenée, 1870
Species:	O. guyonella
Binomial name
Oecocecis guyonella Guenée, 1870

The larvae feed on Limoniastrum guyonianum and Limoniastrum monopetalum. They create a brownish-red hard, spherical gall on the tender branch or peduncle of their host plant.^[2] Pupation takes place within the gall.^[3]

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