Ephestia mistralella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pyralidae |
Genus: | Ephestia[1] |
Species: | E. mistralella |
Binomial name | |
Ephestia mistralella (Millière, 1874) |
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Ephestia mistralella is a species of snout moths in the genus Ephestia. It was described by Millière in 1874, and is known from France, Germany, Denmark, Fennoscandia, Estonia, Latvia and the Iberian Peninsula.[2]
The larvae feed on Empetrum species, including Empetrum nigrum.[4]