Ephestia is a genus of small moths belonging to the family Pyralidae. Some species are significant pests of dry plant produce, such as seeds and cereals. Best known among these are probably the cacao moth (E. elutella) and the Mediterranean flour moth (E. kuehniella).
| Ephestia | |
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| Cacao moth (E. elutella) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Tribe: | Phycitini |
| Genus: | Ephestia Guenée, 1845[1] |
| Species | |
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Several, see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Anagasta Heinrich, 1956 | |
The genus Cadra is closely related to Ephestia and might be a junior synonym. Several of these moths are variously assigned to one or the other genus, in particular in non-entomological sources.
Diversity edit
Species of Ephestia include:[2][3][4]
- Ephestia abnormalella Ragonot, 1887
- Ephestia animella K.Nupponen & Junnilainen, 1998
- Ephestia callidella Guenée, 1845
- Ephestia calycoptila Meyrick, 1935
- Ephestia columbiella Neunzig, 1990
- Ephestia cypriusella Roesler, 1965
- Ephestia disparella Hampson, 1901
- Ephestia elutella (Hübner, 1796) – cacao moth, tobacco moth, warehouse moth
- Ephestia inquietella Zerny, 1932
- Ephestia kuehniella (Zeller, 1879) – Mediterranean flour moth, Indian flour moth, mill moth
- Ephestia laetella Rebel, 1907
- Ephestia mistralella (Millière, 1874)
- Ephestia parasitella Staudinger, 1859
- Ephestia rectivittella Ragonot, 1901
- Ephestia subelutellum (Ragonot, 1901)
- Ephestia unicolorella Staudinger, 1881
- Ephestia welseriella (Zeller, 1848)
References edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ephestia.
- ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ^ Ephestia Guenée, 1845. Afromoths.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Ephestia Guenée, 1845". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
- ^ Ephestia. Fauna Europaea.
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