May function as transcription regulator (Probable). Required for morphogenesis and function of the digestive tract. Expressed in the intestine from embryogenesis to adulthood. Highly expressed in the most anterior and posterior parts of the intestine in hatched larva. Also expressed in cells outside of the intestine near the anus in hatched larva. RNAi-mediated knockdown results in defects in feeding, and failed growth and development eventually leading to lethality at the late L1 to L2 stage of larval development. Morphological defects in the digestive tract, such as enlarged pharyngeal intestinal valve lumen, leading to functional defects including accumulation of ingested bacteria in the lumen of the posterior intestine and defective elimination from the anterior lumen of the intestine. Belongs to the Odd C2H2-type zinc-finger protein family.