Ephestia kuehniella Zeller, 1879

(Moeberg 1925; Lvovsky 1994)

MATERIAL EXAMINED. 1 ♀, St. Petersburg, 5.v.1918 (Kawrigin); 1 ♀, St. Petersburg, 4 th mechanized backery, 7.iv.1934; 1 Ƌ, St. Petersburg, 20.iii.1935 (Gerasimov); 1 Ƌ, St. Petersburg, Vasilevsky Island, in flat, 15.v.1991 (N. Shelyapin); 1 Ƌ , St. Petersburg, in flat, 29.x.1994 (А. Lvovsky) .

REMARKS. Imagoes of this species are found in flats, houses, storages all the year round. Larva feeds on flour, dried fruit, nuts and many other products.

DISTRIBUTION. A transcontinental species.