Oxybia is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Hans Rebel in 1901. Its only species, Oxybia transversella, was described by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1836. It is found in southern EuropeFauna Europaea and on the Canary Islands.
Specimens from Fuerteventura are different.New data for Pyraloidea from Fuerteventura (Canary Islands, Spain) including a species new to Science (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea)
The larvae feed on Psoralea bituminosa.
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