| Ochsenheimeria urella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Ypsolophidae |
| Genus: | Ochsenheimeria |
| Species: | O. urella |
| Binomial name | |
| Ochsenheimeria urella Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1842 | |
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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.
