Pyralis lienigialis

Pyralis lienigialis, the northern meal moth, is a species of snout moth. It is found in France, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Great Britain, Fennoscandia, Estonia, Latvia, Russia, Ukraine, Moldavia and Romania.^[2]

Pyralis lienigialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Genus:	Pyralis
Species:	P. lienigialis
Binomial name
Pyralis lienigialis (Zeller, 1843)[1]
Synonyms
Asopia lienigialis Zeller, 1843 Pyralis lienigialis var. dacicalis Caradja, 1903

The wingspan is 22–26 mm. Adults are on wing from June to September.^[3]

The larvae are thought to feed on stored cereals such as barley and hay.