Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Pyralidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Ephestia | |
Similar Ephestia unicolorella, Ephestia elutella, Ephestia, Mediterranean Flour Moth, Pyralidae | ||
Ephestia welseriella is a species of snout moth in the genus Ephestia. It was described by Zeller in 1848. It is found from the Iberian Peninsula north to France and Germany and east to Ukraine and southern Russia.
The wingspan is 18–24 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August.
The larvae feed in the bulbs of Allium species.
References
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