Ochsenheimeria capella

Ochsenheimeria capella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Ypsolophidae
Genus: Ochsenheimeria
Species: O. capella
Binomial name
Ochsenheimeria capella
Moschler, 1860
Synonyms
  • Aridomeria capella

Ochsenheimeria capella is a moth of the Ypsolophidae family. It is found in Hungary and from Russia[1] to northern Kazakhstan.[2]

The wingspan is about 10 mm.[3]

The larvae feed on Secale cereale, Setaria italica and Stipa species. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant for about a week. The larva then continues feeding as a stem borer.[4]

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.
  3. ↑ lepiforum.de
  4. ↑ bladmineerders.nl


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