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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Bombycidae |
| Genus: | Ocinara |
| Species: | O. ficicola
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| Ocinara ficicola (Ormerod, 1889)
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The larvae feed on Ficus species.
References
edit- ^ 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.