Scaeosopha triocellata is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in India.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
| Genus: | Scaeosopha |
| Species: | S. triocellata
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| Scaeosopha triocellata (Stainton, 1859)
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The wingspan is about 14.5 mm (0.57 in).
The larvae feed on Anthocephalus cadamba. They bore the top-shoots of their host plant.[1]
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- ^ Li, H.; Zhang, Z.; Sinev, S.Yu, 2012: Review of the genus Scaeosopha Meyrick, 1914 (Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae, Scaeosophinae) in the world, with descriptions of sixteen new species. Zootaxa, 3322: 1-34.
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