Pempelia genistella

Pempelia genistella
	Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Genus:	Pempelia
Species:	P. genistella
Binomial name
	Pempelia genistella; (Duponchel, 1836)
Synonyms
	Phycis genistella Duponchel, 1836; Nephopterix genistella;

Pempelia genistella, the gorse colonial hard shoot moth, is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It is native to south-western Europe and north-western Africa, but has been introduced as a biological control agent for gorse in New Zealand and Hawaii.

The wingspan is 26–29 mm. Adults are on wing in July in western Europe.

Fig. 2 larva after final moult

The larvae feed on the needles of Ulex europaeus in which they spin a dense, conspicuous silken communal web.

References[]

^ "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2012-03-05.

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