Aglossa caprealis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Pyralidae
- Genus
- Aglossa
- Species
- Aglossa caprealis
- Scientific Name
- Aglossa caprealis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
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 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.
...Aglossa caprealis in languages:
- Dutch
- Bliksemlichtmot
- English
- Stored grain moth
- English
- Small Tabby
- English
- Murky Meal Moth
- French
- Aglosse cuivrée
- Russian
- Огнёвка домовая
- Swedish
- gödselmott
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Aglossa acallalis
- Aglossa aethiopialis
- Aglossa aglossalis
- Aglossa approximalis
- Aglossa asiatica
- Aglossa aurocupralis
- Aglossa baba
- Aglossa basalis
- Aglossa brabanti
- Aglossa cacamica
- Aglossa caprealis
- Aglossa capsalis
- Aglossa costiferalis
- Aglossa cuprina
- Aglossa dimidiata
- Aglossa dimidiatus
- Aglossa disciferalis
- Aglossa electalis
- Aglossa exsucealis
- Aglossa ferrealis
- Aglossa formosa
- Aglossa fumifusalis
- Aglossa furva
- Aglossa gigantalis
- Aglossa gracilalis
- Aglossa inconspicua
- Aglossa incultalis
- Aglossa infuscalis
- Aglossa mayrae
- Aglossa micalialis
- Aglossa mineti
- Aglossa mirei
- Aglossa obliteralis
- Aglossa ocellalis
- Aglossa oculalis
- Aglossa phaealis
- Aglossa pinguinalis
- Aglossa rabatalis
- Aglossa rhodalis
- Aglossa rubralis
- Aglossa sanaensis
- Aglossa signicostalis
- Aglossa steralis
- Aglossa subpurpuralis
- Aglossa suppunctalis
- Aglossa tanya
- Aglossa tenebrosalis
- Aglossa thamii
- Aglossa thermochroa
- Aglossa tinealis
- Aglossa viettei
- Aglossa wolloensis
- Moyencharia mineti































































































































































