Myrmecozela ochraceella

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Myrmecozela ochraceella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tineidae
Genus:	Myrmecozela
Species:	M. ochraceella
Binomial name
Myrmecozela ochraceella (Tengström, 1848)[1]
Synonyms
Tinea ochraceella Tengström, 1848 Tinea perochraceella Doubleday, 1859 Myrmecozela extinctella Caradja, 1920

Myrmecozela ochraceella is a moth of the family Tineidae. It is found in Great Britain, Fennoscandia, Russia, Estonia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, France and Spain.

The wingspan is 15–18 mm.^[2]The larvae feed on detritus in ant nests (Formica aquilonia, Formica lugubris and Formica rufa) .