Biology:Odontivalvia
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Short description: Genus of moths
| Odontivalvia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Odontiinae |
| Genus: | Odontivalvia Munroe, 1973[1] |
| Species: | O. radialis
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| Binomial name | |
| Odontivalvia radialis (Munroe, 1972)
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Odontivalvia is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Odontivalvia radialis, which is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Texas .[2]
Larvae have been recorded feeding on Leucophyllum minus.[3] They create silken tunnels covered with frass, attached to the branches of the host plant.[4]
References
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
- ↑ mothphotographersgroup
- ↑ Bug Guide
- ↑ Kendall, R.O., 1976. Larval foodplants and life history notes for eight moths from Texas and Mexico. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 30(4): 269
Wikidata ☰ Q7077927 entry
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