Oenophila Dunning & Pickard, 1859[verification needed] (unjustified emendation) Oinophila is a small genus of the fungus moth family, Tineidae.

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.

[2] 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:[3] This Tineidae-related article is a stub.