Ephestia unicolorella

Ephestia unicolorella is a species of snout moth in the genus Ephestia. It was described by Staudinger in 1881, and is known from Iran, Turkey, Morocco, Azerbaijan and most of Europe.[2]

Ephestia unicolorella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Pyralidae
Genus:
Ephestia[1]
Species:
E. unicolorella
Binomial name
Ephestia unicolorella
Synonyms
  • Xenephestia intermediella Amsel, 1961
  • Ephestia vitivora Filipjev, 1931
  • Ephestia woodiella Richards & Thomson, 1932
  • Heterographis bimaculatella D. Lucas, 1955

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". 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.


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