Euzophera osseatella

Euzophera osseatella, the eggplant borer, is a species of snout moth in the genus Euzophera. It was described by Georg Friedrich Treitschke in 1832. It is found in Great Britain, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, Croatia, Greece, Cyprus,^[1] Syria, Israel and North Africa.

Euzophera osseatella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Genus:	Euzophera
Species:	E. osseatella
Binomial name
Euzophera osseatella (Treitschke, 1832)
Synonyms
Phycis osseatella Treitschke, 1832

The wingspan is 22–30 mm.^[2]

The larvae feed on potato,^[3] eggplant^[4] tomato and pepper. Young larvae bore into the stem, down toward the root.^[5]