Kingdom Animalia Family Nepticulidae Scientific name Varius ochnicola Rank Genus | Class Insecta Species V. ochnicola Phylum Arthropoda Order Butterflies and moths | |
Similar Butterflies and moths, Nepticuloidea, Ectoedemia, Opostegidae, Nepticulidae | ||
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.
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