Oxybia Explained

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: World Pyraloidea Database . Globiz.pyraloidea.org. 2011-09-29.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304033605/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=442192 Fauna Europaea
  3. https://www.redalyc.org/pdf/455/45515028002.pdf New data for Pyraloidea from Fuerteventura (Canary Islands, Spain) including a species new to Science (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea)

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