Mediterranean Flour Moth Ephestia kuehniella Zeller, 1879Non-native    Synonyms: Hodges #6020.
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Lepidoptera   >   Family Pyralidae   >   Genus Ephestia   

Status:

Introduced from the Mediterranean (BugGuide).

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This species is a nearly cosmopolitan stored product pest (Glaser, Micromoths).

There are 15 records in the project database.

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A Mediterranean Flour Moth in Howard Co., Maryland (8/12/2017). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA. Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)

A Mediterranean Flour Moth in Calvert Co., Maryland (5/6/2019). Photo by Ben Springer. (MBP list)

Mediterranean Flour Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/8/2021). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

Mediterranean Flour Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/7/2021). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

Mediterranean Flour Moth in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/7/2021). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. Photo by Timothy Reichard. (MBP list)

A Mediterranean Flour Moth in Washington Co., Oklahoma (4/21/2009). Photo by Mark Dreiling. (MBP list)


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