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Pempelia genistella, gorse colonial hard shoot moth

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Species type: Arthropod

Order: Lepidoptera

Family: Pyralidae

Genus: Pempelia

Species: genistella

Authority: (Duponchel)

Common names: gorse colonial hard shoot moth

Synonyms: Oncocera genistella

Imported for biocontrol of: Ulex europaeus (Fabales: Fabaceae), gorse Details