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Euzophera pinguis

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Species of moth

Euzophera pinguis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Euzophera
Species: E. pinguis
Binomial name
Euzophera pinguis
(Haworth, 1811)
Synonyms
  • Phycis pinguis Haworth, 1811
  • Euzophera pinguis concolorella Ragonot in Staudinger, 1892
  • Euzophera nelliella Ragonot, 1894
  • Nephopteryx fischeri Zeller, 1846
  • Nephopteryx splendidella Herrich-Schäffer, 1848

Euzophera pinguis, the tabby knot-horn, is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It was described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1811 and is found in Europe.

Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6

The wingspan is 23–28 mm. The forewings are light brownish-ochreous, somewhat reddish-tinged, pale sprinkled, with a few blackish scales; lines hardly paler, first rather curved, edged anteriorly by a broad blackish band, posteriorly by a thick blackish suffusion, second angulated in middle, strongly edged with dark fuscous ; terminal area more infuscated. Hindwings light fuscous. The larva is pinkish ochreous ; dorsal line darker, interrupted ; a lateral spot on 3 and 12 ringed with reddish-brown ; head and plate of 2 reddish-brown, blackish-marked: in bark of ash; 9-6, perhaps sometimes living two years.

The moths are on wing from July to August depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Fraxinus excelsior.

References

  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
  2. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
  3. lepiforum.de includes imagesPublic Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. Parsons, M. Clancey, C. 2023 A Guide to the Pyralid and Crambid Moths of Britain and Ireland Atropos Publishing ISBN 9780955108648
  5. Goater, B., Dyke . G. and Tweedie, R. 1986 British Pyralid Moths: A Guide to Their Identification ISBN 9780946589081

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