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Gorse Knot-horn
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Gorse Knot-horn

Pempelia genistella

Pempelia genistella (gorse colonial hard shoot moth) is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It is native to south-western Europe and north-western Africa, but has been introduced as a biological control agent for gorse in New Zealand and Hawaii.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 394757.