Ephestia elutella (Hübner, 1796)

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Higher taxa:	Pyralidae (family)/  Phycitinae (subfamily)/  Phycitini (tribe)/  Ephestia (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Hübner, 1796)
Citation:	[Tinea] Elutella
Original genus:	Tinea
Publication:	Hübner J. 1796–1838. Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge.
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Pagination:	Vol. 8; pl. 24, fig. 163
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28024935

Ephestia elutella (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Ephestia elutella (Hübner, 1796)	Syntype	unknown		Syntypes destroyed.		Europe.

Distribution note:

Australasia: Australia; Nearctic: Canada; Neotropical: Argentina; Palaearctic: Europe.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Ephestia elutella (Hübner, 1796)	Cabo Verde	São Vicente	Báez M. & García A. 2005. Lepidoptera. – In: Arechavaleta M., Zurita N., Marrero M. C. & Martín J. L. (eds). Lista preliminar de especies silvestres de Cabo Verde (hongos, plantas y animales terrestres). page 89
Ephestia elutella (Hübner, 1796)	Madagascar		Viette P. 1990a. Faune de Madagascar. Supplément 1. Liste récapitulative des Lépidoptères Hétérocères de Madagascar. page 80
Ephestia elutella (Hübner, 1796)	South Africa		Picker M. D. & Griffiths Ch. 2011. Alien & invasive animals. A South African perspective. page 230 (introduced)
Ephestia elutella (Hübner, 1796)	Yemen		Walsingham Thomas de Grey & Hampson G. F. 1896. On moths collected at Aden and in Somaliland. page 270
Ephestia elutella (Hübner, 1796)	Yemen	Socotra	Rebel H. 1907a. Lepidopteren aus Südarabien und von der Insel Sokotra. page 104

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL

Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL
Ephestia elutella (Hübner, 1796)	Venturia canescens	Ichneumonidae		Rousse P. & Villemant C. 2012. Ichneumons in Reunion Island: a catalogue of the local Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) species, including 15 new taxa and a key to species. page 19

Ephestia elutella (1)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Ephestia ablutalis (Hübner, 1825)	(Hübner, 1825)	species	Synonym	Nephopterix ablutalis
Ephestia affusella (Ragonot, 1888)	(Ragonot, 1888)	species	Synonym	Homoeosoma affusella
Ephestia amarella Dyar, 1904	Dyar, 1904	species	Synonym	Ephestia amarella
Ephestia angusta (Haworth, 1811)	(Haworth, 1811)	species	Synonym	Phycis angusta
Ephestia aquella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)	(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)	species	Synonym	Tinea aquella
Ephestia chocolatella (Vallot, 1802)	(Vallot, 1802)	species	Synonym	Phalaena chocolatella
Ephestia elutea (Haworth, 1811)	(Haworth, 1811)	species	Synonym	Phycis elutea
Ephestia icosiella Ragonot, 1888	Ragonot, 1888	species	Synonym	Ephestia icosiella
Ephestia infumatella Ragonot, 1887	Ragonot, 1887	species	Synonym	Ephestia infumatella
Ephestia pterogrisella Roesler, 1965	Roesler, 1965	species	Synonym	Ephestia pterogrisella
Ephestia roxburghi Kirby, 1873	Kirby, 1873	species	Misapplied	Ephestia roxburghi
Ephestia roxburghii Gregson, 1873	Gregson, 1873	species	Synonym	Ephestia roxburghii
Ephestia roxburgii Rebel, 1901	Rebel, 1901	species	Misapplied	Ephestia roxburgii
Ephestia rufa (Haworth, 1811)	(Haworth, 1811)	species	Synonym	Phycis rufa
Ephestia semirufa (Haworth, 1811)	(Haworth, 1811)	species	Synonym	Phycis semirufa
Ephestia semirufella Doubleday, 1859	Doubleday, 1859	species	Misapplied	Ephestia semirufella
Ephestia sericaria auct.	auct.	species	Misapplied	Ephestia sericaria
Ephestia sericarium (Scott, 1859)	(Scott, 1859)	species	Synonym	Hyphantidium sericarium
Ephestia uniformata Dufrane, 1942	Dufrane, 1942	species	Misapplied	Ephestia uniformata