Ephestia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Pyraloidea

Familia: Pyralidae
Subfamilia: Phycitinae
Tribus: Phycitini
Genus: Ephestia
Species: E. abnormalella – E. animella – E. cautella – E. cypriusella – E. disparella – E. elutella – E. inquietella – E. kuehniella – E. laetella – E. mistralella – E. parasitella – E. unicolorella – E. welseriella – E. woodiella
Name

Ephestia Guenée, 1845

Type species: Tinea elutella Hübner, 1796, by subsequent designation by Desmarest, 1857
Synonymy

Anagasta Heinrich, 1956
Type species: Ephestia kuehniella Zeller, 1879, by original designation and monotypy.
Hyphantidium Scott, 1859
Type species: Hyphantidium sericarium Scott, 1859, by monotypy

References

Leraut, P.J.A. 2002a. Contribution à l'étude des Phycitinae (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae). Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie 19(2): 141–177. Reference page.
Nupponen, Kari & Jari Junnilainen, 1998: Ephestia animella sp. n. (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Phycitinae) from the Ural Mountains and southern Siberia. Entomologica Fennica 9 (3): 143–146.

Ephestia is a genus of small moths belonging to the family Pyralidae. Some species are significant pests of dry plant produce, such as seeds and cereals. Best known among these are probably the cacao moth (E. elutella) and the Mediterranean flour moth (E. kuehniella).

The genus Cadra is closely related to Ephestia and might be a junior synonym. Several of these moths are variously assigned to one or the other genus, in particular in non-entomological sources.
Diversity

Species of Ephestia include:[2][3][4]

Ephestia abnormalella Ragonot, 1887
Ephestia animella K.Nupponen & Junnilainen, 1998
Ephestia callidella Guenée, 1845
Ephestia calycoptila Meyrick, 1935
Ephestia columbiella Neunzig, 1990
Ephestia cypriusella Roesler, 1965
Ephestia disparella Hampson, 1901
Ephestia elutella (Hübner, 1796) – cacao moth, tobacco moth, warehouse moth
Ephestia inquietella Zerny, 1932
Ephestia kuehniella (Zeller, 1879) – Mediterranean flour moth, Indian flour moth, mill moth
Ephestia laetella Rebel, 1907
Ephestia mistralella (Millière, 1874)
Ephestia parasitella Staudinger, 1859
Ephestia rectivittella Ragonot, 1901
Ephestia subelutellum (Ragonot, 1901)
Ephestia unicolorella Staudinger, 1881
Ephestia welseriella (Zeller, 1848)

References

"GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
Ephestia Guenée, 1845. Afromoths.
Savela, Markku. "Ephestia Guenée, 1845". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
Ephestia. Fauna Europaea.