Ephestia unicolorella

Ephestia unicolorella

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Genus:	Ephestia^[1]
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 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

↑ "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
↑ Fauna Europaea
↑ microlepidoptera.nl

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