Aglossa pinguinalis

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Aglossa pinguinalis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Aglossa
Species:
A. pinguinalis
Binomial name
Aglossa pinguinalis
Synonyms
  • Pyralis pinguinalisLinnaeus, 1758
  • Tinea marmorellaGeoffroy, 1785
  • Tinea marmoratellaVillers, 1789
  • Crambus pinguiculatusHaworth, 1809
  • Crambus pinguinatusHaworth, 1809
  • Aglossa streatfieldiiCurtis, 1833
  • Aglossa streatfieldiiCurtis, 1833
  • Aglossa guicciardiiConstantinio, 1922

Aglossa pinguinalis, the large tabby or grease moth, is a moth in the subfamily Pyralinae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. [1] [2] [3] The dark-hued larvae feed on animal fats, [4]

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Description

The wingspan is 27 mm (males) and 37 mm (females) (or a forewing length of 14 to 18 mm). The forewings are greyish-ochreous or brownish, densely sprinkled with dark fuscous; a blackish subbasal line; first and second lines obscurely paler, rather broad, waved, cloudily edged with dark fuscous on both sides, second curved outwards in dise; a dark fuscous discal spot. Hindwings fuscous-grey; a paler postmedian line very obscurely indicated. The larva is blackish or dark brown; head blackish: in silken galleries amongst chaff and hay refuse [5] [6] [7] [8]

Distribution

Native to the Palearctic. It has been introduced in North America. [9] It has also been introduced to New Zealand. [10]

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