# Aglossa caprealis

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"Aglossa cuprealis" redirects here; not to be confused with [*Aglossa cuprina*](/source/Aglossa_cuprina).

Species of moth

Aglossa caprealis Adult, museum specimen Living Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Clade: Pancrustacea Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Pyralidae Genus: Aglossa Species: A. caprealis Binomial name Aglossa caprealis (Hübner, [1809]) Synonyms Several, see text

***Aglossa caprealis***, the **stored grain moth**, is a [moth](/source/Moth) [species](/source/Species) of the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Pyralidae](/source/Pyralidae). It is found globally, though its native range is presumably the western [Palearctic](/source/Palearctic) or nearby regions, as in other *[Aglossa](/source/Aglossa)* species.

The [wingspan](/source/Wingspan) is 23–27 mm. The moth flies from June to August, depending on the location.

Figs.5. 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d larvae in various stages 5e case

The larvae feed on dry plant waste, [grain](/source/Grain) (e.g. [maize](/source/Maize)), [hay](/source/Hay), [straw](/source/Straw) and decaying [manure](/source/Manure). Sometimes, they even eat animal [carcasses](/source/Carrion), [suet](/source/Suet), [lard](/source/Lard), [pork rinds](/source/Pork_rind) and other [fatty](/source/Fat) materials.[1]

## Synonyms

Alternate but now-invalid [scientific names](/source/Scientific_name) of this species are:[2]

- *Acrobasis incultella* Walker, [1866]

- *Aglossa cuprealis* (*[lapsus](/source/Lapsus)*)

- *Aglossa cuprialis* (*lapsus*)

- *Aglossa domalis* Guenée, 1854

- *Crambus capreolatus* Haworth, 1809 (unjustified emendation)

- *Pyralis aenalis* Costa, 1836

- *Pyralis caprealis* Hübner, [1809]

- *Tetralopha enthealis* Hulst, 1886

## Footnotes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Grabe (1942)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** See references in Savela (2009)

## References

- Grabe, Albert (1942): Eigenartige Geschmacksrichtungen bei Kleinschmetterlingsraupen ["Strange tastes among micromoth caterpillars"]. *Zeitschrift des Wiener Entomologen-Vereins* **27**: 105-109 [in German]. [PDF fulltext](http://www.biologiezentrum.at/pdf_frei_remote/ZOEV_27_0105-0109.pdf)

- Savela, Markku (2009): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms – [*Aglossa caprealis*](http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/pyraloidea/pyralidae/pyralinae/aglossa/index.html). Version of 2009-APR-25. Retrieved 2010-APR-12.

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- [Microplepidoptera.nl (in Dutch)](https://web.archive.org/web/20110212045619/http://microlepidoptera.nl/soorten/species.php?speciescode=430730&p=1)

- [UK Moths](https://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=1420)

Taxon identifiers Aglossa caprealis Wikidata: Q148602 Wikispecies: Aglossa caprealis ADW: Aglossa_caprealis AFD: Aglossa_caprealis AfroMoths: AGLOCAPR BAMONA: Aglossa-caprealis BioLib: 49986 BOLD: 9561 BugGuide: 37938 CoL: 662YJ EoL: 165770 EUNIS: 306056 Fauna Europaea: 442558 Fauna Europaea (new): cd921336-3279-4161-bdfd-a6955368ecfa GBIF: 1877988 iNaturalist: 212728 IRMNG: 10274995 LepIndex: 16167 LoB: 5314 MONA: 5517 MaBENA: AglosCapre NatureServe: 2.107283 NBN: NHMSYS0021143694 NCBI: 1370853 NZOR: 403f53cd-bdfd-4153-9c29-6832af82c179 Observation.org: 26312 Open Tree of Life: 3151908

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