Ephestia elutella (Hubner, 1796)

Synonym(s): Ephestia amarella Dyar, 1904, Ephestia elutella uniformata Dufrane, 1942, Ephestia icosiella Ragonot, 1888, Ephestia infumatella Ragonot, 1887, Ephestia roxburghi Spuler, 1913, Ephestia roxburghii Gregson, 1873, Ephestia roxburgii Staudinger & Rebel, 1901, Homoeosoma affusella Ragonot, 1888, Hyphantidium sericarium Scott, 1859, Phalaena chocolatella Vallot, 1802, Phycis elutea Haworth, 1811, Phycis rufa Haworth, 1811, Phycis semirufa Haworth, 1811, Tinea elutella Hübner, 1796

Common name(s): Stored products pest, tobacco moth.

Legal status: Declared Pest - s22(2)

Declared pests must satisfy any applicable import requirements when imported, and may be subject to an import permit if they are potential carriers of high-risk organisms. They may also be subject to control and keeping requirements once within Western Australia.

Presence in WA: Present

Control / Keeping categories
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C3 - Management / Exempt

Organisms that should have some form of management applied that will alleviate the harmful impact of the organism, reduce the numbers or distribution of the organism or prevent or contain the spread of the organism.

Applicable area(s):
Whole of state

Further action

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia [4]
Phylum:	Arthropoda [5]
Class:	Insecta [6]
Order:	Lepidoptera [7]
Family:	Pyralidae [8]
Genus:	Ephestia [9]
Species:	elutella [10]

Author(s):

(Hubner, 1796)

Links
[1] http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/iaquarantine/
[2] http://www.legislation.wa.gov.au/legislation/statutes.nsf/main_mrtitle_2735_homepage.html
[3] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/form/biosecurity-contact-details
[4] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/organisms?search_string=%2A&classification=1
[5] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/organisms?search_string=Arthropoda
[6] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/organisms?search_string=Insecta
[7] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/organisms?search_string=Lepidoptera
[8] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/organisms?search_string=Pyralidae
[9] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/organisms?search_string=Ephestia
[10] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/organisms?search_string=elutella
[11] https://www.legislation.wa.gov.au/legislation/prod/gazettestore.nsf/FileURL/gg2024_054.pdf/$FILE/Gg2024_054.pdf?OpenElement
[12] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/organisms?search_string=%2A&per-page=20&sort-by=taxon&order-by=asc
[13] https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/biosecurity-biosecurity-quarantinebiosecurity-governance

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