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Mediterranean flour moth

species of insect
Taxon taxon Q1130463

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
taxon
Short name
E. kuehniella[6]
Described by source
Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[5]
Has host
moringa, Oryza, Theobroma cacao, Triticum, peanut, Triticum aestivum, Oryza molida, Chrysophyllum, Pisum sativum, potato, maize, Oak, Capsicum, Hordeum, Zea[17][18][19][20][21][22]
Invasive to
Sweden
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Invasion Biology
NZTCS conservation status
not threatened
Parent taxon
Ephestia[3]
Taxon author citation
Zeller, 1879
Taxon common name
gwyfyn blawd y Canoldir, grauwe meelmot, Mehlmotte, Mediterranean Flour Moth, Un güvesi, Grauwe meelmot, jauhokoisa, melsmalmott, mklik mączny, 지중해밀가루알락명나방[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
Taxon name
Ephestia kuehniella[4]
Taxon range
New Zealand
Taxon rank
species[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en Mediterranean flour moth en mill moth en Ephestia kuehniella en flour moth en meal moth en mealmoth ar فراشة طحين البحر الأبيض المتوسط cs Ephestia kuehniella cs mol moučný cs mol potravinový cs potravinový mol cs zavíječ moučný de Mehlmotte de Ephestia kuehniella en-gb Ephestia kuehniella fi Ephestia kuehniella fi jauhokoisa fr Mite alimentaire fr Mites de farine hu Ephestia kuehniella
🔖 Identifiers · 62
GND ID
4169274-3
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Ephestia.kuehniella.jpg ↗
ADW taxon ID
Ephestia_kuehniella
AfroMoths ID
EPHEKUEH
Australian Faunal Directory ID
Ephestia_kuehniella
BOLD Systems taxon ID
209666
Belgian Species List ID
25919
BioLib taxon ID
50459
Biota of New Zealand ID
d344a550-0e0f-434b-9e28-508c664ad06e
Bradley and Fletcher checklist number
1475
BugGuide taxon ID
337353
Butterflies and Moths of North America ID
species/Ephestia-kuehniella-
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CalPhotos taxon ID
Ephestia+kuehniella
Catalogue of Life ID
6G2CJ
Czech NDOP taxon ID
31394
Dyntaxa ID
215374
E-Fauna BC species ID
Ephestia kuehniella
EASIN ID
R05638
EBiodiversity ID
57279
EPPO Code
EPHEKU
EUNIS ID for species
305496
Encyclopedia of Life ID
930306
Fauna Europaea ID
441812
Fauna Europaea New ID
7d4f718f-8f60-4926-8176-fe0df9397a6e
Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility's Species List ID
MX.61149
Freebase ID
/m/0276_v1
GBIF taxon ID
1878490
GenBank assembly accession number
GCA_921026195.1, GCA_921024065.1
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
melmøll
INaturalist taxon ID
324640
IRMNG ID
11157680
Insects (Insecta) of the World ID
9693
Interlingual Index ID
i47573
Invasive Species Compendium Datasheet ID
21412
Izeltlabuak.hu ID
52609
Korean National Species list ID
120000225352
LepIndex ID
10130, 10132
Lepidoptera of Belgium ID
6223
Microlepidoptera.nl ID
430630
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2777266558
Montana Field Guide species ID
IILERBT010
Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa ID
EphesKuehn
NBIC scientific name ID
46281
NBN System Key
NHMSYS0000502400
NCBI taxonomy ID
40079
NZTCS ID
30693
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007563018105171
Naturbasen species ID
15876/melmoel
NatureServe Explorer ID
2.745095
Nederlands Soortenregister ID
168046
New Zealand Organisms Register ID
2006c0a0-0952-4365-9369-80c588bb1fa9
Observation.org taxon ID
26350
Open Tree of Life ID
184411
Plazi ID
3F5F7257-6E5B-8DDB-8470-3D4BC80C982C
Salzburgwiki ID
109229
TAXREF ID
247884
Topic's main category
Category:Ephestia kuehniella
UBio ID
412319
UMLS CUI
C1008624
Yale LUX ID
concept/6ab021c5-2874-4f58-a963-f3bc6c769f35
ZOBODAT taxon ID
12939
ZooBank ID for name or act
35E43FAE-FCB6-4E9B-9244-D10A4CCA58EA

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🔗 Connections
Has host 14
maize, potato, Pisum sativum, peanut, Theobroma cacao, Capsicum, Oryza molida, moringa +6 more
Instance of 1
taxon
Invasive to 1
Sweden
Parent taxon 1
Ephestia
Taxon range 1
New Zealand
Taxon rank 1
species
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Summary

Mediterranean flour moth is a taxon[1].

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New Zealand Sweden

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  1. 9w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    LepIndex ID → 10130, 10132
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  2. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Invasive to → Sweden
    Instance of → taxon
    Maintained by WikiProject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007563018105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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