Evergestis frumentalis

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Evergestis frumentalis
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Evergestis
Species:
E. frumentalis
Binomial name
Evergestis frumentalis
(Linnaeus, 1761) [1]
Synonyms
  • Phalaena frumentalisLinnaeus, 1761
  • Botys frumentalis var. australisBienert, 1869
  • Evergestis frumentalis var. espanalisSchawerda, 1926
  • Orobena frumentalis asiaticalisRagonot, 1894
  • Orobena implicalisGuenée, 1854
  • Pyralis triquetralisDenis & Schiffermüller, 1775
  • Phalaena Pyralis secalis(Linnaeus, 1767)

Evergestis frumentalis is a moth of the family Crambidae. It is found from the Iberian Peninsula through southern and central Europe and southern Fennoscandia to central Asia and southern Siberia. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1761.


The wingspan is 29–35 mm. There are two generations per year with adults on wing in April and August.

The larvae feed on Descourainia sophia , Sisymbrium , Sinapis (including S. arvensis ) and Isatis (including I. tinctoria ) species. The larvae of the second generation overwinter in a cocoon in the soil.

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References

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