“…Knowledge regarding immatures of coprophagous Psychodidae is incipient, with larvae described for only a few Psychoda species from the United Kingdom (Satchell 1947) andNew Zealand (Goldson 1977). Despite the fact that moth flies are frequently reported in studies with coprophagous fauna (Valiela 1974, Cervenka & Moon 1991, Macedo et al 2001, they are usually recorded in low abundance when compared to other taxa inhabiting fecal masses.…”