Vitula lugubrella

Vitula lugubrella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
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.^[1]

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There are probably multiple generations per year.

The larvae live within the dried galls of Atrusca wasps which occur on gray oak (Quercus grisea).^[2]

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