Ephestiodes infimella is a moth of the family Pyralidae described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1887. It is native to North America, where it is mostly found in the eastern United States from Maryland to Florida, west to Texas, north to southern Ontario. It is an introduced species in Hawaii.
Ephestiodes infimella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pyralidae |
Genus: | Ephestiodes |
Species: | E. infimella
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Binomial name | |
Ephestiodes infimella Ragonot, 1887
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The wingspan is about 11 mm. Adults are on wing from June to September in Maryland.
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