About Ephestia elutella (Hübner, 1796)
This species has a scientific name Ephestia elutella (Hübner, 1796). Its wingspan measures 14–20 mm. Compared to other species in the Ephestia genus, male forewings of this species are less elongate, with a costal fold that encloses flocculent scales. The forewings are grey, sprinkled with whitish scales and mixed with dark fuscous colouring, and often also have ferruginous-reddish colouring towards the dorsum. The forewing lines are pale with dark edges: the first line is straight and rather oblique, while the second line is almost straight. There are two darker, transversely placed discal dots on the forewings. The hindwings are pale fuscous, thinly scaled on the anterior portion, and have median and subdorsal whitish-ochreous basal hair tufts in vein 6. The larva is brown-whitish, with brown dots; its head and the second segment plate are reddish brown, and it feeds on biscuit, chocolate, and figs. This moth flies throughout warmer months, for example from the end of April to October in Belgium and the Netherlands.
