Ochromolopis ramapoella

Ochromolopis ramapoella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Epermeniidae
Genus: Ochromolopis
Species: O. ramapoella
Binomial name
Ochromolopis ramapoella
(Kearfott, 1903)
Synonyms
  • Epimenia ramapoella Kearfott, 1903
  • Epermenia ramapoella Kearfott, 1903
  • Epermenia bidentata A.F. Braun, 1926
  • Epermenia metrothetis Meyrick, 1921

Ochromolopis ramapoella is a moth in the Epermeniidae family. It was described by Kearfott in 1903.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alberta, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Manitoba, Michigan, New York, Ohio and Quebec.[2]

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are light grey irrorated with white and slightly sprinkled with dark fuscous. There are some slight dots of blackish irroration along the costa and black dots in the disc at one-third, two-thirds and three-fourths, the last larger. The apical fourth has clouded purplish-grey suffusion and scattered dark fuscous scales. The hindwings are grey.[3] Adults are on wing from May to July.

The larvae feed on the fruit of Comandra umbellata.[4]

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