Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Pyralidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Pyralis | |
Similar Pyralis regalis, Pyralis pictalis, Pyralis manihotalis, Synaphe punctalis, Anerastia lotella | ||
Pyralis lienigialis, the northern meal moth, is a species of snout moth. It is found in France, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Great Britain, Fennoscandia, Estonia, Latvia, Russia, Ukraine, Moldavia and Romania.
The wingspan is 22–26 mm. Adults are on wing from June to September.
The larvae are thought to feed on stored cereals such as barley and hay.
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