Aglossa caprealis

Aglossa caprealis, the stored grain moth, is a moth species of the family Pyralidae. It is found globally, though its native range is presumably western Eurasia or nearby regions, as in other Aglossa species.

"Aglossa cuprealis" redirects here. It is not to be confused with Aglossa cuprina.

Aglossa caprealis
Adult, museum specimen
Living
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Aglossa
Species:
A. caprealis
Binomial name
Aglossa caprealis
(Hübner, [1809])
Synonyms

Several, see text

The wingspan is 23–27 mm. The moth flies from June to August, depending on the location.

The larvae feed on dry plant waste, grain (e.g. maize), hay, straw and decaying manure. Sometimes, they even eat animal carcasses, suet, lard, pork rinds and other fatty materials.[1]

Synonyms

Alternate but now-invalid scientific names of this species are:[2]

  • Acrobasis incultella Walker, [1866]
  • Aglossa cuprealis (lapsus)
  • Aglossa cuprialis (lapsus)
  • Aglossa domalis Guenée, 1854
  • Crambus capreolatus Haworth, 1809 (unjustified emendation)
  • Pyralis aenalis Costa, 1836
  • Pyralis caprealis Hübner, [1809]
  • Tetralopha enthealis Hulst, 1886

Footnotes
  1. Grabe (1942)
  2. See references in Savela (2009)
gollark: _has denied it_
gollark: _considers offering on it_
gollark: If I leave it a while, are people likely to be annoyed and withdraw offers or are people used to keeping them on for a while on rare stuff?
gollark: I guess it's hardly a *bad* problem as such.
gollark: I've posted on all of them, actually.

References
  • Grabe, Albert (1942): Eigenartige Geschmacksrichtungen bei Kleinschmetterlingsraupen ["Strange tastes among micromoth caterpillars"]. Zeitschrift des Wiener Entomologen-Vereins 27: 105-109 [in German]. PDF fulltext
  • Savela, Markku (2009): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms – Aglossa caprealis. Version of 2009-APR-25. Retrieved 2010-APR-12.


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