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Ephestia elutella (Tobacco moth)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Ephestia elutella, the cacao moth, tobacco moth or warehouse moth, is a small moth of the family Pyralidae. It is probably native to in Europe, but has been transported widely, even to Australia. A subspecies is E. e. pterogrisella. The wingspan is 14–20 mm. This moth flies throughout the warmer months, e.g. from the end of April to October in Belgium and the Netherlands. This species has been known under a number of junior synonyms:
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Infraspecies

Ephestia elutella elutella
Ephestia elutella pterogrisella

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Y Fenai a Bae Conwy/ Menai Strait and Conwy Bay 65440 Wales, United Kingdom  

Prey / Diet

Juglans nigra (black walnut)[1]
Nicotiana tabacum (cultivated tobacco)[1]
Prunus bracteopadus (apricot)[1]
Theobroma cacao (cacao)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Cnephasia stephensiana (Grey Tortrix Moth)1
Cydia pomonella (Codling moth)2
Diloba caeruleocephala (figure of eight)1
Euproctis chrysorrhoea (Brown-tail)1
Tortrix viridana (Green tortrix)1

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0