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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tubeworm, Bagworm, and Clothes Moths (Tineoidea) » Clothes Moths (Tineidae) » Hieroxestinae » Oinophila » Yellow V Moth - Hodges#0434 (Oinophila v-flava)

Species Oinophila v-flava - Yellow V Moth - Hodges#0434

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Very small moth - Oinophila v-flava brown & beige Moth with wing-length antennae - Oinophila v-flava Small moth - Oinophila v-flava Small, shiny moth - Oinophila v-flava Oinophila? - Oinophila v-flava micro moth - Oinophila v-flava Moth - Oinophila v-flava Unknown moth - 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
Species v-flava (Yellow V Moth - Hodges#0434)
Hodges Number
0434
Other Common Names
Wine Moth
Explanation of Names
original combination Gracillaria v-flava Haworth, 1828
Size
wingspan 8.5 - 10 mm (1)
larva mature to 8.3 mm (1)
pupa 4.2 mm (1)
Identification
Adults - fuscous with two irregular, oblique, pale ochreous bands; antennae nearly equaling the length of forewing; hindwings much lighter in color, (1)

Larvae - head dark brown, paler at sides and posteriorly; thorax pale yellowish brown; abdomen whitish in color with pale yellowish brown pinnacula (1)

Pupae - color uniformly pale brown to straw-colored (1)
Range
primarily through coastal California from Sacramento County south to San Diego County (1)
Food
a scavenger, primarily feeding upon dried or decaying plant material (1)
Print References
Haworth, A.H., 1803-1828. Lepidoptera Britannica, 1-4: 530.
Internet References
UKmoths
Moth Photographers Group
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 Steve Nanz, Vox Sciurorum, JohnMaxwell22, ceiseman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 21 May, 2021 - 1:02pm

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