Evergestis frumentalis

Evergestis frumentalis
Scientific classification
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 frumentalis Linnaeus, 1761 Botys frumentalis var. australis Bienert, 1869 Evergestis frumentalis var. espanalis Schawerda, 1926 Orobena frumentalis asiaticalis Ragonot, 1894 Orobena implicalis Guenée, 1854 Pyralis triquetralis Denis & 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.

References

1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved June 28, 2018.

External links

• Savela, Markku. "Evergestis frumentalis (Linnaeus, 1761)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
• Lepiforum.de
• Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
• Media related to Evergestis frumentalis at Wikimedia Commons