Ufa (moth)

Genus of moths

Ufa

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Pyralidae
Subfamily:  | Phycitinae
Genus:  | Ufa
Walker, 1863

Ufa is a moth genus in the subfamily Phycitinae of the family Pyralidae. The genus is distributed in the Americas.[1] While sharing certain morphological characters in the female genitalia with Adelphia, Ufa appears closest related to Elasmopalpus.[2]

The genus currently comprises three species: the type species, Ufa venezuelalis, described by Francis Walker in 1863, is now considered a junior synonym of the older name Ufa rubedinella (Zeller, 1848).[3][1] The genus furthermore comprises Ufa lithosella (Ragonot, 1887) and Ufa senta Heinrich, 1956.[1]

The caterpillars of U. rubedinella feed on the leaves of lima beans and black-eyed peas in the Fabaceae plant family.[2]

## References

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1. ^ a b c Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Mally, Richard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Bauer, Franziska; Hayden, James; Segerer, Andreas; Schouten, Rob; Li, Houhun; Trofimova, Tatiana; Solis, M. Alma; De Prins, Jurate; Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2022). "Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ)". Retrieved 2022-07-31.
2. ^ a b Heinrich, Carl (1956). "American moths of the subfamily Phycitinae" (PDF). Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 207. Washington, D.C.: i–viii, 1–581.
3. ^ Neunzig, Herbert H. (2003). "Pyraloidea, Pyralidae (part). Phycitinae (part)". In Dominick, R. B.; et al. (eds.). The Moths of America North of Mexico Including Greenland, fasc. 15.5. Washington, D.C.: The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. pp. 1–338.

Taxon identifiers

Ufa|

* Wikidata: Q14867552
* BioLib: 654695
* BOLD: 126686
* BugGuide: 104216
* ButMoth: 30080.0
* CoL: 92Q3D
* EoL: 17308
* GBIF: 1878201
* iNaturalist: 461906
* Insecta.pro: 25224
* IRMNG: 1062299
* LepIndex: 13674
* Open Tree of Life: 3156030

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