Odontivalvia
Odontivalvia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Odontivalvia Munroe, 1973[1] |
Species: | O. radialis |
Binomial name | |
Odontivalvia radialis (Munroe, 1972) | |
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Odontivalvia is a genus of moths of the Crambidae family. 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]
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