Ephestia welseriella

Ephestia welseriella
A light tan coloured moth, with black spots.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Ephestia
Species:
E. welseriella
Binomial name
Ephestia welseriella
(Zeller, 1848)
Synonyms
  • Myelois welseriella Zeller, 1848
  • Myelois tephrinella Lederer, 1870

Ephestia welseriella is a species of snout moth in the genus Ephestia.[1] It was described by Zeller in 1848. It is found from the Iberian Peninsula north to France and Germany and east to Ukraine and southern Russia.[2]

The wingspan is 18–24 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August.[3]

The larvae feed in the bulbs of Allium species.

References

  1. ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. ^ Fauna Europaea
  3. ^ Lot Moths and Butterflies


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