Aglossa cuprina
Aglossa cuprina, the grease moth, is a snout moth, family Pyralidae, described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1872. The grease moth is closely related to the genus Pyralis, and as a result, is usually associated with the meal moth, Pyralis farinalis.
| Aglossa cuprina | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Aglossa |
| Species: | A. cuprina |
| Binomial name | |
| Aglossa cuprina (Zeller, 1872) | |
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Aglossa cuprina ingests grease produced by the bacteria that feed on decaying matter.
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