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Meal Moth

Pyralis farinalis
Polilla Parda de la Harina
Family: Pyralidae
Order: Lepidoptera
Class: Insecta
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia
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Other common names: Polilla de la Comida.


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Number of Photography: 36

Foto
Photography ID: 657411
  Adult
Conesa
Río Negro
Argentina
10/19/2025
Miguel Angel Barberis
Foto
Photography ID: 644331
  Adult
Villa Giardino
Córdoba
Argentina
02/16/2025
Walter Bustamante
Foto
Photography ID: 638613
  Adult
Gualeguaychú
Entre Ríos
Argentina
06/11/2025
Gustavo Puente
Foto
Photography ID: 615459
♀  Adult
Conesa
Río Negro
Argentina
12/21/2024
Miguel Angel Barberis
Foto
Photography ID: 573288
  Adult
Trenque Lauquen
Buenos Aires
Argentina
02/03/2024
Diego Alfonso Rosa
Foto
Photography ID: 529601
  Adult
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
03/12/2023
José Luis Ianiro
Foto
Photography ID: 508983
  Adult
Villa de Merlo
San Luis
Argentina
09/01/2022
Diego Alfonso Rosa
Foto
Photography ID: 475573
  Adult
Paraná
Entre Ríos
Argentina
10/17/2021
Néstor Trossero
Foto
Photography ID: 468666
  Adult
Paraná
Entre Ríos
Argentina
10/21/2021
Néstor Trossero



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Number of Records: 41



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
237667219/10/2025ArgentinaRío NegroGeneral Conesa, ConesaMiguel Angel Barberis
230359511/06/2025ArgentinaEntre RíosGualeguaychúGustavo Puente
232516516/02/2025ArgentinaCórdobaVilla GiardinoWalter Bustamante
221197721/12/2024ArgentinaRío NegroGeneral Conesa, ConesaMiguel Angel Barberis
213774507/04/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresCiudad, Partido de General PueyrredónJosé Luis Ianiro
200448503/02/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresHotel Howard Johnson, Trenque LauquenDiego Alfonso Rosa
194974415/01/2024ArgentinaSanta FeAvenida General López 3681, Santa Fe1Gustavo Fernando Durán
173964712/03/2023ArgentinaBuenos AiresCiudad, Mar del PlataJosé Luis Ianiro
164582801/09/2022ArgentinaSan LuisPosada de Campo Maia, Villa de MerloDiego Alfonso Rosa
149354610/11/2021ArgentinaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresFlorestaEduardo Nadal
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Meal Moth (Pyralis farinalis) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 10/03/2026.