Ephestia unicolorella

Ephestia unicolorella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Genus:	Ephestia
Species:	E. unicolorella
Binomial name
	Ephestia unicolorella; Staudinger, 1881
Synonyms
	Xenephestia intermediella Amsel, 1961; Ephestia vitivora Filipjev, 1931; Ephestia woodiella Richards & Thomson, 1932; Heterographis bimaculatella D. Lucas, 1955;

Ephestia unicolorella is a species of snout moth in the genus Ephestia.^[1] It was first described by Staudinger in 1881, and is known from Iran, Turkey, Morocco, Azerbaijan and most of Europe.^[2]

The wingspan is 10–13 mm.^[3]

The larvae feed on dried plant matter.

Subspecies

Ephestia unicolorella unicolorella
Ephestia unicolorella woodiella Richards & Thomson, 1932 (Europe)

References

^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
^ Fauna Europaea
^ "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2011-05-01. Retrieved 2012-01-03.

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[Pyraloidea_db-1] "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.

[2] Fauna Europaea

[3] "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2011-05-01. Retrieved 2012-01-03.

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