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Paralipsa gularis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Pyralidae

Scientific name
  
Paralipsa gularis

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Paralipsa

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Black longicorn, Spondylis, Arcte, Homoneura, Adelphocoris

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Paralipsa gularis, the stored nut moth, is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It is found in the South-East Asia and is an introduced species in Western Europe.

The wingspan is 21–32 mm. The male has a huge, silken tuft of golden hairs on the under side of the fore wing. It arises from near the base and, when not expanded, lies in an elongate, sac-like fold along the fore edge of the wing.

The caterpillars feed on stored nuts and seeds like walnut, almond, soybean and flax.

References

Paralipsa gularis Wikipedia