Ochsenheimeria bubalella

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

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

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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