Thursday, 16 August 2018

Cromwell Pyralid

The ephestia species from August 3rd has been confirmed by Harry as a male False Cacao Moth (E. unicolorella).

A second for the county and VC63 first.

3 comments:

AndyC said...

Your having a good year down there.......

AndyC said...


Just had a look on UK moths......??
The species was formerly known here as Ephestia unicolorella Staudinger, but according to recent taxonomy (Leraut 2014) unicolorella is a distinct species known only from Turkey.
Is it woodiella..??

charlie streets said...

Yes, there is a lot of confusion over which name to use at the moment. There were three subspecies which have now been split in to species.

I think it's should be: False Cacao Moth (E.woodiella) but the UK checklist still lists only Ephestia unicolorella.

So yes, you are correct with woodiella.