Ephestia welseriella
| Ephestia welseriella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Ephestia[1] |
| Species: | E. welseriella |
| Binomial name | |
| Ephestia welseriella (Zeller, 1848) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Ephestia welseriella is a species of snout moth in the genus Ephestia. 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
- ↑ "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ Lot Moths and Butterflies
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