page_title: List of moths of Ireland
section_title: Family Pyralidae (snout moths, grass moths)
hierarchical_section_title: List of moths of Ireland / Suborder Glossata (moths and butterflies with a coilable proboscis) / Division Ditrysia (females have two genital openings) / Section Tineina / Superfamily Pyraloidea (pyraloid moths) / Family Pyralidae (snout moths, grass moths)
caption_attribution_description: English: Achroia grisella moth, (Fabricius, 1794) length: approx. 12mm = wingspan approx. 22-24mm Galleriinae
context_page_description: Irish moths represent about 1,400 different types of moths. The moths and butterflies together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera.
  This is a list of moth species which have been recorded in Ireland.
context_section_description: Achroia grisella  (Fabricius, 1794) (lesser wax moth)
  Acrobasis advenella (Zincken, 1818)
  Acrobasis consociella (Hübner, 1813)
  Aglossa pinguinalis  (Linnaeus, 1758) (large tabby, grease moth)
  Anerastia lotella (Hübner, 1813)
  Aphomia sociella  (Linnaeus, 1758) (bee moth, bumble bee wax moth)
  Cadra calidella (Guenee, 1845) (dried fruit, date moth)
  Cadra cautella  (Walker, 1863) (almond moth, tropical warehouse moth)
  Cryptoblabes bistriga (Haworth, 1811)
  Delplanqueia dilutella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
  Dioryctria abietella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
  Ephestia elutella  (Hübner, 1796) (cacao moth, tobacco moth, warehouse moth)
  Ephestia kuehniella  Zeller, 1879 (Mediterranean flour moth, mill moth)
  Galleria mellonella  (Linnaeus, 1758) (greater wax moth, honeycomb moth)
  Hellula undalis  (Fabricius, 1781) (cabbage webworm, Old World webworm)
  Homoeosoma nebulella  (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) (Eurasian sunflower moth)
  Hypsopygia costalis (Fabricius, 1775))
  Hypsopygia glaucinalis  (Linnaeus, 1758) (gold triangle, clover hay moth)
  Matilella fusca (Haworth, 1811)
  Nephopterix angustella (Hübner, 1796)
  Oncocera semirubella (Scopoli, 1763)
  Pempelia palumbella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
  Pempeliella ornatella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
  Phycita roborella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
  Phycitodes binaevella (Hübner, 1813)
  Phycitodes saxicola (small clouded knot-horn) (Vaughan, 1870)
  Plodia interpunctella  (Hübner, 1813) (Indianmeal moth, weevil moth, pantry moth, flour moth, grain moth)
  Pyralis farinalis  (Linnaeus, 1758) (meal moth)
caption: Lesser wax moth
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