Biology:Varius (genus)
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Genus: | Varius Scoble, 1983
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Species: | V. ochnicola
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Varius ochnicola (Vari, 1955)
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Varius is a genus of moths of the Nepticulidae family. It contains only one species, Varius ochnicola, which is found in South Africa .
It appears to resemble Enteucha in various ways, such as the shape of the valva and uncus, the absence of a transverse bar of the transtilla and possibly the thickening in the aedeagus.
The larvae feed on Ochna pulchra. They probably mine the leaves of their host.
External links
- Synonymous Checklist of the South African Lepidoptera
- Systematics And Phylogeny Of Holarctic Genera Of Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera, Heteroneura: Monotrysia)
Wikidata ☰ Q7915947 entry