Evergestis extimalis

Evergestis extimalis is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It is found in the Palearctic.

Evergestis extimalis
Evergestis extimalis in Łódź, Poland
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Evergestis
Species:	E. extimalis
Binomial name
Evergestis extimalis (Scopoli, 1763)
Synonyms
List Phalaena extimalis Scopoli, 1763 Evergestis extimalis var. pallicilialis Fuchs, 1900 Phalaena flavofusca Retzius, 1783 Phalaena Tinea mediella Goeze, 1783 Pyralis erucalis Hübner, 1796 Pyralis margaritalis Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 Tinea intermediata Fourcroy, 1785

The wingspan is 27–31 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous-yellow, darker terminally; lines and discal spot hardly darker, marked with a few fuscous dots; a brown terminal suffusion, more or less strongly dilated towards middle;cilia fuscous. Hindwings prismatic yellow -whitish; termen yellower, brownish-tinged. The larva is pale yellow; dorsal line darker; lateral pale purple; spots on lateral line black; head black.^[1]

The moth flies from June to September depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Brassicaceae species preferring the seed-heads.^[2]

Further reading

• Mark Parsons, Sean Clancy, David Wilson A Guide to the Pyralid and Crambid Moths of Britain and Ireland: Atropos, England. ISBN 9780955108648