Oxybia
| Oxybia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Oxybia[1] Rebel, 1901 |
| Species: | O. transversella |
| Binomial name | |
| Oxybia transversella (Duponchel, 1836) | |
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Oxybia is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Rebel in 1901, and contains the species Oxybia transversella. 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
- ↑ "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)
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