Varius (genus)
| Varius | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Varius Scoble, 1983 |
| Species: | V. ochnicola |
| Binomial name | |
| Varius ochnicola (Vari, 1955) | |
Varius is a genus of moths of the Nepticulidae family. It contains only one species, Varius ochnicola, which is found in South Africa.
It appears to resemble Enteucha in various ways, such as the shape of the valva and uncus, the absence of a transverse bar of the transtilla and possibly the thickening in the aedeagus.
The larvae feed on Ochna pulchra. They probably mine the leaves of their host.
External links
- Synonymous Checklist of the South African Lepidoptera
- Systematics And Phylogeny Of Holarctic Genera Of Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera, Heteroneura: Monotrysia)
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