Pyralidae : Phycitinae
Ephestia unicolorella woodiella
EPHESTIA unicolorella woodiela Richards & Thomson, 1932
Ephestia unicolorella woodiella
EPHESTIA unicolorella woodiela Richards & Thomson, 1932
Life Cycle Guide - Adult Only
Description
Vernacular Name: False Cacao Moth
Wingspan: 14-20mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding (Azores,Balearic Is.,Belgium,Canary Is.,Cyprus,Denmark,Estonia,Finland,Ireland,Latvia,Lithuania,
Madeira,Norway,Poland,Portugal,Slovenia & Sweden) : Iran : Turkey : N Africa - Morocco
UK Distribution: Southern England and southern Wales - local
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Coastal sites : Gardens : Woodland : Parkland
Similar Species -
Observations: This moth is one of six Espehestia species found in the UK and is likely to be found in the wild as opposed to all others apart from E elutella which tend to be found in warehouses holding stored food where they can become a pest where this moth larva is likely to feed on dry plant material such as old berries and dead stems of Ivy.
The six Esphestia are very similar needing possible genitalia dissection to differentiate between the species.
The forewing is brownish grey,shaded darker with red suffusion highlighting median lines which try to converge at the dorsum.
The moth is attracted to light.
Wingspan: 14-20mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding (Azores,Balearic Is.,Belgium,Canary Is.,Cyprus,Denmark,Estonia,Finland,Ireland,Latvia,Lithuania,
Madeira,Norway,Poland,Portugal,Slovenia & Sweden) : Iran : Turkey : N Africa - Morocco
UK Distribution: Southern England and southern Wales - local
UK Conservation Status -
- Local = 101 - 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Ephestia unicolorella Staudinger 1881
- Tinea elutella Hübner, 1796
- Not Specified
Habitat: Coastal sites : Gardens : Woodland : Parkland
Similar Species -
- Vitula biviella (Zeller, 1848)
- Cacao Moth - Ephestia elutella - (Hübner, 1796)
Observations: This moth is one of six Espehestia species found in the UK and is likely to be found in the wild as opposed to all others apart from E elutella which tend to be found in warehouses holding stored food where they can become a pest where this moth larva is likely to feed on dry plant material such as old berries and dead stems of Ivy.
The six Esphestia are very similar needing possible genitalia dissection to differentiate between the species.
The forewing is brownish grey,shaded darker with red suffusion highlighting median lines which try to converge at the dorsum.
The moth is attracted to light.
Subspecies
E.u.woodiella Richards & Thomson, 1932 - Europe
E.u.woodiella Richards & Thomson, 1932 - Europe
Larval Food Plants Worldwide
Larva feed on detritus and dry plant material like dead leaves or old stems
Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Pyraloidea Pyralidae Phycitinae Phycitini EPHESTIA Guenée 1845 Ephestia unicolorella woodiella Richards & Thomson, 1932 - Tinea elutella Hübner, 1796 - EPHESTIA unicolorella Staudinger 1881 = Ephestia parasitella sensu auctt.nec Staudinger, 1859 - Staudinger 1881, Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae, variis sermonibus in Rossia usitatis editae : t.16 1881 : Title Page : p.89 - Not Specified - E.u.woodiella Richards & Thomson, 1932 - Europe E.u.unicolorella Staudinger 1881 - nominate subspecies |