The Mediterranean flour moth or mill moth is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It is a common pest of cereal grains, especially flour. This moth is found throughout the world, especially in countries with temperate climates. It prefers warm temperatures for more rapid development, but it can survive a wide range of temperatures.

Host Genome

No genome information available

Related Symbionts

2 records

Symbiont records associated with Ephestia kuehniella

Classification Function Function Tags Reference
Wolbachia

Pseudomonadota

Bacteria

when infected with Wolbachia, it exhibits cytoplasmic incompatibility between uninfected females and infected males. We found that E. kuehniella suff…

Growth and Development Reproductive manipulation
Bacteria

antimicrobial activity against Bacillus thuringiensis

Antimicrobials
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Metagenome Information

0 records

Metagenome sequencing data associated with Ephestia kuehniella

Run Platform Location Date BioProject

No metagenomes found

No metagenome records associated with this host species.

Amplicon Information

1 records

Amplicon sequencing data associated with Ephestia kuehniella

Run Classification Platform Location Environment
SRR13441164

AMPLICON

16S
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Canada

49.81 N 97.13 W

ENVO:01000219

laboratory insect colonies

Related Articles

2 records

Research articles related to Ephestia kuehniella

Title Authors Journal Year DOI
Grau, Thorben; Vilcinskas, Andreas; Joop, Gerrit
Frontiers in Microbiology
2017
10.3389/fmicb.2017.01261
Sumida, Y; Katsuki, M; Okada, K; Okayama, K; Lewis, Z
JOURNAL OF STORED PRODUCTS RESEARCH
2017
10.1016/j.jspr.2017.02.003