Ochsenheimeria urella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Ypsolophidae
Genus:
Ochsenheimeria
Species:
O. urella
Binomial name
Ochsenheimeria urella
Synonyms
  • Ochsenheimeria bisontella Lienig & Zeller, 1846
  • Ochsenheimeria scabrosella Tengström, 1848
  • Ochsenheimeria hirculella Tengström, 1848
  • Ochsenheimeria porpyrella Tengström, 1848
  • Ypsolophus taurellus Haworth, 1828
  • Ochsenheimeria rupicaprella Mobius, 1935

Ochsenheimeria urella is a moth of the family Ypsolophidae. It is found in large parts of Europe, except the Iberian Peninsula, most of the Balkan Peninsula, Ukraine and Lithuania.[1]

The wingspan is 9–12 mm.[2] Antennae in male hardly, in female rather strongly thickened with rough scales to above middle. Forewings narrower than in Ochsenheimeria taurella, in male rather dark fuscous, in female greyish-ochreous more or less mixed with fuscous. Hindwings are brassy-purplish-fuscous, thinly scaled towards base.[3]

Adults are on wing in July and August.[4]

The larvae feed on Agropyron, Bromus, Hordeum vulgare, Melica, Secale cereale and Triticum aestivum. They possibly mine the leaves of their host plant for a few days. Later, they bore in the stems.[5] Larvae can be found from April to May.

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ Swedish Moths
  3. ↑ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
  4. ↑ UKmoths
  5. ↑ bladmineerders.nl


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