Aglossa cuprina

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Aglossa cuprina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Genus:	Aglossa
Species:	A. cuprina
Binomial name
Aglossa cuprina (Zeller, 1872)
Synonyms
Pyralis cuprina Zeller, 1872

Aglossa cuprina, the grease moth, is a snout moth, family Pyralidae, described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1872.^[1][2][3][4] The grease moth is closely related to the genus Pyralis,^[5] and as a result, is usually associated with the meal moth, Pyralis farinalis.

Aglossa cuprina ingests grease produced by the bacteria that feed on decaying matter.^[6]