Ephestia mistralella

Ephestia mistralella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Ephestia[1]
Species: E. mistralella
Binomial name
Ephestia mistralella
(Millière, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Euzophera mistralella Millière, 1874
  • Ephestia mistralella moebiusi Rebel, 1907

Ephestia mistralella is a species of snout moth in the genus Ephestia. It was described by Millière in 1874, and is known from France, Germany, Denmark, Fennoscandia, Estonia, Latvia and the Iberian Peninsula.[2]

The wingspan is 14–22 mm.[3]

The larvae feed on Empetrum species, including Empetrum nigrum.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ lepidoptera.pl
  4. ↑ Arfaktablad om Ephestia mistralella (Milliere, 1874), kråkrismott


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