Ochsenheimeria bubalella

Ochsenheimeria bubalella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Ypsolophidae
Genus: Ochsenheimeria
Species: O. bubalella
Binomial name
Ochsenheimeria bubalella
(Hubner, 1813)
Synonyms
  • Tinea bubalella Hubner, 1813

Ochsenheimeria bubalella is a moth of the Ypsolophidae family. It is found in southern France and Spain.[1]

The larvae feed on Juncus and Scirpus species.[2] They bore the stem of their host plant.

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ Davis, Donald R., 1975: Review of Ochsenheimeriidae and the introduction of the Ceral Stem Moth Ochsenheimeria vacculella into the United States (Lepidoptera: Tineoidea). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 192: 1-20.


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