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Familia Ypsolophidae
General information
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General overview
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The Ypsolophidae comprise two very different genera in Germany. Species
of the genus Ypsolopha are medium sized moths that resemble pyralids
(especially of the genus Crambus) due to the long hairs on the labial
palp that form a long snout. Species of the genus Ochsenheimeria are
smaller, and with their their short wings with erect scales are not at
all similar to Ypsolopha. The two genera also differ fundamentally in
their biology (see below). No wonder that the two genera have previously
been classified in two separate families.
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Morphology
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Biology
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Imagines
of the genus Ypsolopha fly at night and hide in the vegetation during
the day. Their larvae feed on the leaves of trees and shrubs; especially
younger larvae make a light web of loose silk threads usually on the
underside of the leaf. Pupation occurs within a stronger spindle-shaped
silk cocoon. Imagines of the genus Ochsenheimeria fly during the day,
usually on warm and sunny days at midday. Their larvae mine within the
stems of grasses.
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Systematics
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