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French grain-moth

Sitotroga cerealella (Olivier, 1789)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The french grain-moth (Sitotroga cerealella) is a species in the family Gelechiidae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the french grain-moth

Weight
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Length
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Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the french grain-moth live?

Not recorded

Is the french grain-moth endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the french grain-moth classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusSitotroga
  7. SpeciesSitotroga cerealella (Olivier, 1789)

Synonyms Alucita cerealella, Alucita cereella, Aristotelia ochrescens, Aristotelia ochroscens, Epithectis palearis, Gelechia arctella, Gelechia cereallella, Gelechia melanarthra, Phalaena hordei, Sitotroga arctella, Sitotroga hordei, Sitotroga melanarthra, Sitotroga ochrescens, Sitotroga palearis, Tinea hordei, Tinea pyrophagella, Ypsolophus granulellus

Other names and names in other languages (20)
  • Angoumois grain mothEnglish
  • فراشة الحبوبArabic
  • makadlovka obilnáCzech
  • Gwyfyn Grawn AngoumoisWelsh
  • GetreidemotteGerman
  • Palomilla de los granosSpanish
  • עשבחנין התבואהHebrew
  • Mezei gabonamolyHungarian
  • バクガJapanese
  • 보리나방Korean
  • Grūdinė kandisLithuanian
  • GraanmotDutch
  • skośnik zbożowiaczekPolish
  • Моль зерноваяRussian
  • psota obilnáSlovak
  • majsmalSwedish
  • Arpa GüvesiTurkish
  • عثة الحبوب الفرنسيةArabic
  • Gwyfynod Grawn AngoumoisWelsh
  • Getreide-PalpenfalterGerman

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the french grain-moth

Other species in the same genus Sitotroga.

CompareFrench grain-moth vs Sitotroga coarctatellaFrench grain-moth vs Sitotroga exquisitaFrench grain-moth vs Sitotroga horogrammaFrench grain-moth vs Sitotroga psacasta

Common questions

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What kind of animal is the french grain-moth?

The french grain-moth (Sitotroga cerealella) belongs to the family Gelechiidae in the order Lepidoptera.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). French grain-moth (Sitotroga cerealella). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/french-grain-moth

MLA

“French grain-moth (Sitotroga cerealella).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/french-grain-moth.

BibTeX
@misc{french_grain_moth_2026,
  title = {French grain-moth (Sitotroga cerealella)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/french-grain-moth},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}