Oinophila
Introduction '''''Oinophila''''' is a small genus of the fungus moth family, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the subfamily Hieroxestinae.''O. v-flava'', often misspelled "''-flavum''", is commonly known as the wine moth. Its caterpillars borrow into moist cork – such as of wine bottles stored in a damp cellar – in search of the mould which they primarily eat.
Species ''Oinophila'' is only a minor lineage in a small subfamily, but the notoriety of the well-known wine moth made it quite well known. In the past, it was thus used as a sort of "wastebin taxon" for miscellaneous Hieroxestinae. Four species remain in the genus at present, but two of these do not actually seem to belong here – they might not even be Hieroxestinae: * ''Oinophila argyrospora''  Meyrick, 1931 (provisionally placed here)* ''Oinophila nesiotes'' Walsingham, 1908* ''Oinophila v-flava'' (Haworth, 1828)* ''Oinophila xanthorrhabda''  Meyrick, 1915 (provisionally placed here)
See also * Cork moth (''Nemapogon cloacella''), another tineid moth occasionally feeding on cork of wine bottles.
Footnotes
References *  (2003): Stored Product Insects –  ''Oinophila v-flavum'' (Wine Moth) ''sic''. Retrieved 2010-MAY-01. *  (2004):  Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species –  ''Oinophila''. Version of 2004-NOV-05.Retrieved 2010-MAY-01. *  2010:  Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera). Retrieved 2010-MAY-01.