Ochsenheimeria taurella | |
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Ochsenheimeria taurella. Female, dorsal view | |
Male, side view | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Ypsolophidae |
Genus: | Ochsenheimeria |
Species: | O. taurella
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Binomial name | |
Ochsenheimeria taurella (
Denis &
Schiffermuller, 1775)
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Synonyms | |
List
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Ochsenheimeria taurella, the Liverpool feather-horn or the rye stem borer, is a moth of the family Ypsolophidae.
This species can be found in most of Europe, as well as North Africa and the Middle East. [1]
Ochsenheimeria taurella has a wingspan of 11–12 mm. [2] These rather distinctive microlepidoptera have brownish or ochreous forewings, with erect scales. These scales sometimes tend to form ill-defined fasciae of different colour. A tuft of erect scales in present on the head. The abdomen is dark brown. The females have the antennae with long black erected scales for over half of their length. [3] This species is rather similar to Ochsenheimeria vacculella, but the latter lacks the erect antennal scales.
Adults are on wing from July to September. [2] They fly in the early afternoon sunshine. [2] From September to May, the caterpillars overwinter. They feed on various coarse grasses ( Poaceae), including cock's-foot ( Dactylis glomerata), rough bluegrass ( Poa trivialis), rye ( Secale cereale) (hence the common name), meadow foxtail ( Alopecurus pratensis), barley ( Hordeum vulgare), oat ( Avena sativa) and wheat ( Triticum aestivum). They mine the stems of their host plant. [2] [3] [4]
Ochsenheimeria taurella | |
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Ochsenheimeria taurella. Female, dorsal view | |
Male, side view | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Ypsolophidae |
Genus: | Ochsenheimeria |
Species: | O. taurella
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Binomial name | |
Ochsenheimeria taurella (
Denis &
Schiffermuller, 1775)
| |
Synonyms | |
List
|
Ochsenheimeria taurella, the Liverpool feather-horn or the rye stem borer, is a moth of the family Ypsolophidae.
This species can be found in most of Europe, as well as North Africa and the Middle East. [1]
Ochsenheimeria taurella has a wingspan of 11–12 mm. [2] These rather distinctive microlepidoptera have brownish or ochreous forewings, with erect scales. These scales sometimes tend to form ill-defined fasciae of different colour. A tuft of erect scales in present on the head. The abdomen is dark brown. The females have the antennae with long black erected scales for over half of their length. [3] This species is rather similar to Ochsenheimeria vacculella, but the latter lacks the erect antennal scales.
Adults are on wing from July to September. [2] They fly in the early afternoon sunshine. [2] From September to May, the caterpillars overwinter. They feed on various coarse grasses ( Poaceae), including cock's-foot ( Dactylis glomerata), rough bluegrass ( Poa trivialis), rye ( Secale cereale) (hence the common name), meadow foxtail ( Alopecurus pratensis), barley ( Hordeum vulgare), oat ( Avena sativa) and wheat ( Triticum aestivum). They mine the stems of their host plant. [2] [3] [4]