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Pyralis farinalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

A not so common species, but well distributed in many areas in Belgium.

The larvae feeds on stored grain and lives in a tough silken gallery interwoven with cereal debris and is attached to a solid substratum.

The adults fly from June till late September. They are active at night and comes occasionally to light and sugar. Rarely seen outside his preferred habitat such as warehouses and other grainstores.


Belgium, Antwerpen, Kontich, 11 June 2006.
(Photo © Gaston Sallaets)
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