- Source: Oinophila
Oinophila is a small genus of the fungus moth family, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the subfamily Hieroxestinae.
O. v-flava, often misspelled "-flavum", is commonly known as the wine moth. Its caterpillars borrow into moist cork – such as of wine bottles stored in a damp cellar – in search of the mould which they primarily eat.
Species
Oinophila is only a minor lineage in a small subfamily, but the notoriety of the well-known wine moth made it quite well known. In the past, it was thus used as a sort of "wastebin taxon" for miscellaneous Hieroxestinae. Four species remain in the genus at present, but two of these do not actually seem to belong here – they might not even be Hieroxestinae:
Oinophila argyrospora Meyrick, 1931 (provisionally placed here)
Oinophila nesiotes Walsingham, 1908
Oinophila v-flava (Haworth, 1828)
Oinophila xanthorrhabda Meyrick, 1915 (provisionally placed here)
See also
Cork moth (Nemapogon cloacella), another tineid moth occasionally feeding on cork of wine bottles.
Footnotes
References
Bennett, Stuart M. (2003): Stored Product Insects – Oinophila v-flavum (Wine Moth) [sic]. Retrieved 2010-MAY-01.
Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2004): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species – Oinophila. Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2010-MAY-01.
Robinson, Gaden S. [2010]: Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera). Retrieved 2010-MAY-01.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Oinophila
- Oinophila nesiotes
- Oinophila v-flava
- Amphixystis anchiala
- Nyctocyrmata
- Amphixystis fragosa
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- List of Lepidoptera of Slovakia
- List of moths of Great Britain (micromoths)
- Amphixystis cincinnata
