False Cacao Moth

Ephestia woodiella

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae

Ephestia unicolorella is a species of snout moth in the genus Ephestia. It was first described by Staudinger in 1881, and is known from Iran, Turkey, Morocco, Azerbaijan and most of Europe. The wingspan is 10–13 mm.

Distribution

False Cacao Moth — Martien van den Heuvel · CC BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

France · 107Spain · 76Switzerland · 20Italy · 12

Sources and credits

PhotoMartien van den Heuvel · CC BY DescriptionEphestia unicolorella, Wikipedia contributors

False Cacao Moth

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