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Ephestia mistralella

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Species of moth

Ephestia mistralella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Ephestia
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 Pierre Millière in 1874, and is known from France, Germany, Denmark, Fennoscandia, Estonia, Latvia and the Iberian Peninsula.

The wingspan is 14–22 mm.

The larvae feed on Empetrum species, including Empetrum nigrum.

References

  1. Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Mally, Richard; Hayden, James; Segerer, Andreas; Li, Houhun; Schouten, Rob; Solis, M. Alma; Trofimova, Tatiana; De Prins, Jurate & Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2011). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Arfaktablad om Ephestia mistralella (Milliere, 1874), kråkrismott
Taxon identifiers
Ephestia mistralella


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