Biology:Ephestia unicolorella

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Short description: Species of moth

Ephestia unicolorella
Ephestia unicolorella (8739360054).jpg
Scientific classification edit
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.[1] It was first described by Staudinger in 1881, and is known from Iran, Turkey, Morocco, Azerbaijan and most of Europe.[2]

The wingspan is 10–13 mm.[3]

The larvae feed on dried plant matter.

Subspecies

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

References

  1. ↑ "GlobIZ search". http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx. Retrieved 2011-09-29. 
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ "microlepidoptera.nl". http://www.microlepidoptera.nl/soorten/species.php?speciescode=430647&p=1. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5382183 entry




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