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The Indianmeal moth (Plodia interpunctella), also spelled Indian meal moth and Indian-meal moth, is a pyraloid moth of the family Pyralidae. Alternative common names are hanger-downers, weevil moth, pantry moth, flour moth or grain moth. The almond moth (Cadra cautella) and the raisin moth (Cadra figulilella) are commonly confused with the ...
Pantry moth larvae are most often found in infested food, James Agardy, technical and training manager at Viking Pest Control, says, but they will also crawl around cabinets and on surfaces when ...
Pyralis farinalis, the meal moth, is a cosmopolitan moth of the family Pyralidae. Its larvae (caterpillars) are pests of certain stored foods, namely milled plant products. It is the type species of the genus Pyralis, and by extension of its entire tribe (Pyralini), subfamily (Pyralinae) and family. Its synanthropic habits were noted even by ...
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 ...
Indianmeal moths infest both cereal and stored grain products, packaged goods, and surface layers of shelled corn. The most telltale sign of the Indianmeal moth is the silk webbing the larvae (caterpillars) produce when feeding on the surfaces of foods. This silk webbing may appear to be or resemble cobwebs inside the products' containers.
Clothing damage caused by larvae, with two bisselliella adults present. Tineola bisselliella is a small moth of 6–7 mm (0.24–0.28 in) body length and 9–16 mm (0.35–0.63 in) wingspan [3] (most commonly 12–14 mm or 0.47–0.55 in). [4] The head is light ferruginous ochreous, sometimes brownish-tinged. Forewings pale yellowish-ochreous ...