Ozamia fuscomaculella

Ozamia fuscomaculella
Scientific classification
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 fuscomaculella Wright, 1916
  • Zophodia fuscomaculella
  • Ozamia heliophila Dyar, 1925

Ozamia fuscomaculella is a species of snout moth in the genus Ozamia. It was described by Wright in 1916. It is found in 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.

References

  1. mothphotographersgroup
  2. [Cactus-Feeding Insects and Mites]
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