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"Larvae feed on stored foods, vegetable debris, grain chaff, fungi, and dead animals" (BugGuide).
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A Stored Grain Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (6/2/2013).
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Scott Housten.
A Stored Grain Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (6/24/2013).
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Matt Tillett.
A Stored Grain Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (7/13/2016). Verified by Aaron Hunt/BugGuide.
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Robert Aguilar, SERC.
Stored Grain Moth in Worcester Co., Maryland (6/16/2013). Determined by Aaron Hunt/BugGuide.
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Scott Housten.
Stored Grain Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/15/2022). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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Timothy Reichard.
Stored Grain Moth in Baltimore Co., Maryland (6/3/2022). (c) Jim Brighton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Jim Brighton.
Stored Grain Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/10/2023). (c) Matthew Beziat, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Matthew Beziat.
Stored Grain Moth in Garrett Co., Maryland (8/3/2022). (c) Alina Martin, some rights reserved (CC BY).
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Stored Grain Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) jugbayjs, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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A Stored Grain Moth in Prince George's Co., Maryland (1//2004). Specimen provided by Bob Patterson. Determined by Brian Scholten.
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Larry Line.
A Stored Grain Moth.
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Hugh McGuinness.
Source: Wikipedia
Aglossa caprealis | |
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Adult, museum specimen | |
Living | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pyralidae |
Genus: | Aglossa |
Species: | A. caprealis
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Binomial name | |
Aglossa caprealis (Hübner, [1809])
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Synonyms | |
Several, see text |
Aglossa caprealis, the stored grain moth, is a moth species of the family Pyralidae. It is found globally, though its native range is presumably the western Palearctic or nearby regions, as in other Aglossa species.
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
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- 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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