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Ephestia elutella
Cacao Moth (H?bner, 1796)
Pyralidae: Phycitinae
1473 / 62.064
Photo © Terry Box, 15 Jun 2012,  SE393671: Langthorpe, VC65

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Wingspan: 14-20mm
Flight: June to October
Foodplant:   stored food materials
Nat Status: Nationally Scarce B
Verification Grade:  Adult: 4

Yorkshire Status: Rare and very local resident.

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Quite widely recorded in vice-counties 61 to 64 where it is sometimes abundant in warehouses, it also occurs regularly in stored grain and moths are occasionally taken at MV light.

Argus 63, 2011:

VC62. Skelton, 6.5.2011, gen. det. HEB (DM). NEW VICE-COUNTY RECORD.

Argus 66, 2012: Usually occurring indoors this pest of stored food products is only seldom recorded.

VC65. Langthorpe, 15.6.2012 gen. det. HEB (TAB). NEW VICE-COUNTY RECORD.

Verification Grade Comment: Dissection needed

Determination by Genitalia Examination (gen. det.) Required

Recorded in 16 (8%) of 200 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1877.
Last Recorded in 2024.
Additional Stats

Latest 5 Records
Date#VC10k Area
17/10/2024165SE37 - Ripon
25/07/2024161TA02 - Hessle
25/07/2024361TA05 - Driffield
09/05/2024161TA02 - Hessle
20/08/2023165SE37 - Ripon
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