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Ephestia unicolorella

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Species of moth

Ephestia unicolorella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Ephestia
Species: E. unicolorella
Binomial name
Ephestia unicolorella
Staudinger, 1881
Synonyms
  • Xenephestia intermediella Amsel, 1961
  • Ephestia vitivora Filipjev, 1931
  • Ephestia woodiella Richards & Thomson, 1932
  • Heterographis bimaculatella D. Lucas, 1955

Ephestia unicolorella is a species of snout moth in the genus Ephestia. It was first described by Staudinger in 1881, and is known from Iran, Turkey, Morocco, Azerbaijan and most of Europe.

The wingspan is 10–13 mm.

The larvae feed on dried plant matter.

Subspecies

  • Ephestia unicolorella unicolorella
  • Ephestia unicolorella woodiella Richards & Thomson, 1932 (Europe)

References

  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2011-05-01. Retrieved 2012-01-03.
Taxon identifiers
Ephestia unicolorella


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