''Oinophila'' is a small

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of the

fungus moth Tineidae is a family of moths in the order Lepidoptera described by Pierre André Latreille in 1810. Collectively, they are known as fungus moths or tineid moths. The family contains considerably more than 3,000 species in more than 300 genera. ...

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, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the

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Hieroxestinae The Hieroxestinae are a subfamily of moths of the family Tineidae. Genera * '' Amphixystis'' * ''Archemitra'' * ''Asymplecta'' * ''Crobylophanes'' Meyrick, 1938 * ''Kermania'' * ''Mitrogona'' Meyrick, 1920 * ''Oinophila'' * ''Opogona'' * ''Phaeo ...

. '' O. v-flava'', often misspelled "''-flavum''", is commonly known as the wine moth. Its

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s borrow into moist

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– such as of

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s 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 "

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. Four

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remain in the genus at present, but two of these do not actually seem to belong here – they might not even be Hieroxestinae:Robinson

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/ref> * '' Oinophila argyrospora'' Meyrick, 1931 (provisionally placed here) * '' Oinophila nesiotes'' Walsingham, 1908 * ''

Oinophila v-flava ''Oinophila v-flava'' (yellow v moth) is a moth of the family Tineidae. It is widespread in temperate zones from Europe to South Africa, North America but also Hawaii. This species has also been recorded in New Zealand in 2001 and is regarded as ...

'' (Haworth, 1828) * '' Oinophila xanthorrhabda'' Meyrick, 1915 (provisionally placed here)

Footnotes

References

* (2003): Stored Product Insects &ndash
''Oinophila v-flavum'' (Wine Moth)
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Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species
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br>Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera)
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Species

See also

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