Vitula lugubrella

Vitula lugubrella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Vitula
Species:
V. lugubrella
Binomial name
Vitula lugubrella
(Ragonot, 1887)
Synonyms
  • Hornigia lugubrella Ragonot 1887
  • Moodna lugubrella

Vitula lugubrella is a species of snout moth in the genus Vitula. It was described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1887. It is found in North America, including California.

There are probably multiple generations per year.

The larvae live within the dried galls of Atrusca wasps which occur on gray oak (Quercus grisea).

References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Vitula lugubrella​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  2. ↑ Descriptions of the Immature Stages and Biology of Vitula lugubrella (Ragonot) (Pyralidae: Phycitinae)