Ocinara ficicola

Ocinara ficicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Bombycidae
Genus:	Ocinara
Species:	O. ficicola
Binomial name
	Ocinara ficicola; (Ormerod, 1889)
Synonyms
	Trilocha ficicola Westwood & Ormerod, 1889;

Ocinara ficicola is a moth in the family Bombycidae. It was described by Eleanor Anne Ormerod in 1889.[1] It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Kenya, Nigeria, Somalia, South Africa and Uganda.[2]

The larvae feed on Ficus species.

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Ocinara ficicola". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Ocinara ficicola (Ormerod, 1889)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 6, 2018.

Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.

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