Paralipsa gularis

Paralipsa gularis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Paralipsa
Species: P. gularis
Binomial name
Paralipsa gularis
(Zeller, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Metissoblaptes gularis Zeller, 1877
  • Aphomia gularis
  • Paralispa modesta Butler, 1879
  • Melissoblaptes tenebrosus Butler, 1879

Paralipsa gularis, the stored nut moth, is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It is found in the South-East Asia and is an introduced species in Western Europe.

The wingspan is 21–32 mm. The male has a huge, silken tuft of golden hairs on the under side of the fore wing. It arises from near the base and, when not expanded, lies in an elongate, sac-like fold along the fore edge of the wing.

The caterpillars feed on stored nuts and seeds like walnut, almond, soybean and flax.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Paralipsa gularis.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 5/25/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.