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Genus Oinophila

Representative Images

Yellow moth - Oinophila v-flava Small moth - Oinophila v-flava Tiny moth - Oinophila v-flava Tiny moth - Oinophila v-flava Moth - Oinophila v-flava Moth - Oinophila v-flava Unknown - Oinophila v-flava What moth is this? - Oinophila v-flava
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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Tineoidea (Tubeworm, Bagworm, and Clothes Moths)
Family Tineidae (Clothes Moths)
Subfamily Hieroxestinae
Genus Oinophila

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Author: Oinophila Stephens, 1848

Identification

Adults - small, slender winged moths with a partially smooth head and a transversely divided tuft of hair arising from vertex (1)

Works Cited

1.The North American moths of the Genera Phaeoses, Opogona, and Oinophila, with a discussion of their supergeneric affinities.
Donald R. Davis. 1978. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 282.
Contributed by tom murray on 26 January, 2008 - 9:25am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 22 May, 2012 - 7:21pm

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