Oxybia

Oxybia transversella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus:
Rebel, 1901
Species:
O. transversella
Binomial name
Oxybia transversella
(Duponchel, 1836)
Synonyms
List

(Genus)

  • Oxybia Hampson in Ragonot, 1901

(Species)

  • Phycis transversella Duponchel, 1836
  • Myelois bituminella Millière, 1873
  • Oxybia panormitanella Caradja, 1928

Oxybia is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Hans Rebel in 1901. Its only species, Oxybia transversella, was described by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1836.[1] It is found in southern Europe[2] and on the Canary Islands.

Specimens from Fuerteventura are different.[3]

The larvae feed on Psoralea bituminosa.

References

  1. ^ "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. ^ Fauna Europaea
  3. ^ New data for Pyraloidea from Fuerteventura (Canary Islands, Spain) including a species new to Science (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea) Archived 2012-09-25 at the Wayback Machine


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