Grease Moth

Aglossa cuprina

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae

Aglossa cuprina, the grease moth, is a snout moth, family Pyralidae, described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1872. The grease moth is closely related to the genus Pyralis, and as a result, is usually associated with the meal moth, Pyralis farinalis. Aglossa cuprina ingests grease produced by the bacteria that feed on decaying matter.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

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