Ephestia woodiella Richards & Thomson, 1932 is a animal in the Pyralidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Ephestia woodiella Richards & Thomson, 1932

Ephestia woodiella Richards & Thomson, 1932

Ephestia unicolorella is a snout moth species, found across parts of Eurasia and North Africa, whose larvae feed on dried plant matter.

Family
Genus
Ephestia
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Ephestia woodiella Richards & Thomson, 1932

Scientific name: Ephestia woodiella Richards & Thomson, 1932

Introduction Ephestia unicolorella is a species of snout moth that belongs to the genus Ephestia. This species was first formally described by Staudinger in 1881, and it has been recorded from Iran, Turkey, Morocco, Azerbaijan, and most of Europe. The wingspan of adult individuals ranges from 10 to 13 mm. The larvae of this moth feed on dried plant matter.

Photo: (c) André Nagelhout, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by André Nagelhout · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Pyralidae Ephestia

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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