Neocalaphodius moestus, is a species of dung beetle found throughout the countries in Afrotropical, Palaearctic and Indian subcontinent.

[1][2][3] The species is common in many Afro-Asian tropical countries: India: Andaman and Nicobar islands, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Laos, Madagascar, Mascarene Islands, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Pakistan, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Sudan, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey, Taiwan, and Tajikistan.

[4] After adult female lays eggs, it is followed by three instar larval stages and completes holometabolic development.

In 1973, Yadav recorded a diploid number of 22 chromosomes from the species, with a meiotic formula of 10 bivalents plus Xyp.

[citation needed] Adults are shiny and yellowish in color with an average body length of 5 to 7 mm.