Oxybia

Oxybia transversella
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Oxybia
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. It is found in southern Europe and on the Canary Islands.

Specimens from Fuerteventura are different.

The larvae feed on Psoralea bituminosa.