Aglossa pinguinalis
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Aglossa pinguinalis, the large tabby or grease moth, is a moth in the subfamily Pyralinae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.[1][2][3] The dark-hued larvae feed on animal fats.[4]
Description
The wingspan is 27 mm (males) and 37 mm (females) (or a forewing length of 14 to 18 mm). The forewings are greyish-ochreous or brownish, densely sprinkled with dark fuscous; a blackish subbasal line; first and second lines obscurely paler, rather broad, waved, cloudily edged with dark fuscous on both sides, second curved outwards in dise; a dark fuscous discal spot. Hindwings fuscous-grey; a paler postmedian line very obscurely indicated. The larva is blackish or dark brown; head blackish: in silken galleries amongst chaff and hay refuse.[5][6][7][8]
Distribution
Native to the Palearctic. It has been introduced in North America.[9] It has also been introduced to New Zealand.[10]
References
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