Oecocecis

Oecocecis is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae.

It contains the species Oecocecis guyonella, which is found in southern Europe (France, Sicily and Cyprus), North Africa and Syria.

They create a brownish-red hard, spherical gall on the tender branch or peduncle of their host plant.

[2] Pupation takes place within the gall.

This article on a moth of the subfamily Apatetrinae is a stub.