Oxybia
Oxybia transversella | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pyralidae |
Genus: | Oxybia Rebel, 1901 |
Species: | O. transversella |
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Oxybia transversella (Duponchel, 1836) | |
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Oxybia is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Hans Rebel in 1901. Its only species, Oxybia transversella, was described by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1836.[1] It is found in southern Europe[2] and on the Canary Islands.
Specimens from Fuerteventura are different.[3]
The larvae feed on Psoralea bituminosa.
References
[edit]- ^ "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ New data for Pyraloidea from Fuerteventura (Canary Islands, Spain) including a species new to Science (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea) Archived 2012-09-25 at the Wayback Machine