Biology:Oxybia

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Short description: Genus of moths

Oxybia transversella
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Oxybia
Rebel, 1901
Species:
O. transversella
Binomial name
Oxybia transversella
(Duponchel, 1836)
Synonyms
List

(Genus)

  • Oxybia Hampson in Ragonot, 1901

(Species)

  • Phycis transversella Duponchel, 1836
  • Myelois bituminella Millière, 1873
  • Oxybia panormitanella Caradja, 1928

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.

Adults have grey or brownish-grey forewings with a narrow vertical yellowish-brown line with a darker spot above the dorsum on the outside. The hindwings are greyish brown. Specimens from Fuerteventura are different. They have a uniform pale yellowish forewing almost without any markings, except for a dark spot which is sometimes present above the middle of the dorsum. The hindwings are purely white.[3]

The larvae feed on Psoralea bituminosa.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q15690320 entry