Ozamia fuscomaculella

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Ozamia fuscomaculella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Ozamia
Species:
O. fuscomaculella
Binomial name
Ozamia fuscomaculella
(W. S. Wright, 1916) [1]
Synonyms
  • Euzophera fuscomaculellaWright, 1916
  • Zophodia fuscomaculella
  • Ozamia heliophilaDyar, 1925

Ozamia fuscomaculella is a species of snout moth in the genus Ozamia . It was described by William S. Wright in 1916. It is found in the US state of California. [2]

Adults are on wing in July and August.

The larvae feed on Opuntia littoralis . They feed on the flowers and fruit of the host plant.

Taxonomy

The former subspecies Ozamia fuscomaculella clarefacta has been raised to species status as Ozamia clarefacta .

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References

  1. Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
  2. Mann, John (1969). "Cactus-Feeding Insects and Mites". Bulletin of the United States National Museum (256): 1–158, 8 plates. doi:10.5479/si.03629236.256.1. hdl:10088/10142.