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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 ...
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 ...
Pyralis pictalis, the painted meal moth or poplar pyralis, is a snout moth ( family Pyralidae). It is closely related to the family's type species the meal moth ( P. farinalis) and consequently belongs to the tribe Pyralini of the snout moth subfamily Pyralinae. Its native range is tropical Asia to East Asia and to Wallacea and adjacent regions ...
Bracon brevicornis Wesmael, 1838. Habrobracon brevicornis (Wesmael, 1838)[3] Habrobracon hebetor is a minute wasp of the family Braconidae that is an ectoparasitoid of several species of moth caterpillars. Well known hosts include the larval stage of Plodia interpunctella, the Indianmeal moth, the late larval stage of the Mediterranean flour ...
The common name for this insect was coined by Asa Fitch (1809-1879), a New York State entomologist. In his book First and second report on the noxious, beneficial and other insects of the State of New York (1856), he describes a species of moth which feeds on "Indian meal" (what we now call cornmeal ).
Mediterranean flour moth. The Mediterranean flour moth or mill moth (Ephestia kuehniella) [1] is a moth of the family Pyralidae. [2] It is a common pest of cereal grains, especially flour. This moth is found throughout the world, especially in countries with temperate climates. [3] It prefers warm temperatures for more rapid development, but it ...
Flour moth. The term flour moth refers to certain small moths of the family Pyralidae (snout moths, waxmoths), whose caterpillars are a pest of flour : Ephestia kuehniella (Mediterranean flour moth, Indian flour moth) Plodia interpunctella (Indianmeal moth) These two are closely related. They can easily be distinguished by their forewing ...
Actias selene. Actias selene, the Indian moon moth or Indian luna moth, is a species of saturniid moth from Asia. It was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1807. This species is popular among amateur entomologists and is often reared from eggs or cocoons that are available from commercial sources. They fly mainly at night.