Coccidiphila stegodyphobius
| Coccidiphila stegodyphobius | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
| Genus: | Coccidiphila |
| Species: | C. stegodyphobius |
| Binomial name | |
| Coccidiphila stegodyphobius (Walsingham, 1903)[1] | |
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Coccidiphila stegodyphobius is a moth in the Cosmopterigidae family. It was described by Walsingham in 1903. It is found in South Africa.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on decaying animal matter in the web of social spiders of the Stegodyphus genus. Pupation takes place in the spiders web. Adults do not get caught in the silk of the web.