| Sphecioses | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tineidae |
| Genus: | Sphecioses D.R.Davis & M.M.Davis, 2007 |
| Species: | S. acignathus |
| Binomial name | |
| Sphecioses acignathus D.R.Davis & M.M.Davis, 2007 |
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Sphecioses are a genus of insect, belonging to the family Tineidae. It contains only one species, Sphecioses acignathus, which is found in Venezuela.
The case-bearing larva of this species is believed to feed primarily as a scavenger within the nests of certain social bees and wasps.[1]