Evergestis frumentalis

Evergestis frumentalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Evergestis
Species: E. frumentalis
Binomial name
Evergestis frumentalis
(Linnaeus, 1761)[1]
Synonyms
  • Phalaena frumentalis Linnaeus, 1761
  • Botys frumentalis var. australis Bienert, 1869
  • Evergestis frumentalis var. espanalis Schawerda, 1926
  • Orobena frumentalis asiaticalis Ragonot, 1894
  • Orobena implicalis Guenée, 1854
  • Pyralis triquetralis Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
  • Phalaena Pyralis secalis (Linnaeus, 1767)

Evergestis frumentalis is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is found from the Iberian Peninsula through southern and central Europe and southern Fennoscandia to central Asia and southern Siberia.

The wingspan is 29–35 mm. There are two generations per year with adults on wing in April and August.

The larvae feed on Descourainia sophia, Sisymbrium, Sinapis (including Sinapis arvensis) and Isatis (including Isatis tinctoria) species. The larvae of the second generation overwinter in a cocoon in the soil.

References

  1. "Global Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-11.


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