Evergestis frumentalis

Evergestis frumentalis is a moth of the family Crambidae. It is found from the Iberian Peninsula through southern and central Europe and southern Fennoscandia to central Asia and southern Siberia. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1761.

Evergestis frumentalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
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)


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 S. arvensis) and Isatis (including I. tinctoria) species. The larvae of the second generation overwinter in a cocoon in the soil.

References
  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
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