Meal Moth - Pyralis farinalis

TL: ~ 15 mm. This individual was worn, but I could make out the brown FW with fawn-colored median area that is bordered by white lines. Hosts: Grain products, clover and alfalfa hay.

Habitat: Resting on a flower in the early evening.

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Ferdy Christant

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Wonderful combination with this background! Posted 4 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
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  Thanks Ferdy! I was happy to find it on the flowers. It's so much prettier than dingy siding. Posted 4 years ago

The Meal moth

"Pyralis farinalis", the meal moth, is a cosmopolitan moth of the family Pyralidae. Its larvae are pests of certain stored foods, namely milled plant products. At rest, adult moths typically hold the tip of their abdomen at 90° to their body. Their upperwings are fairly colourful by moth standards, and have a wingspan of 18–30 mm.

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies

Species identified by Christine Young