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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 can survive a wide range ...
Ephestia is a genus of small moths belonging to the family Pyralidae. Some species are significant pests of dry plant produce, such as seeds and cereals. Best known among these are probably the cacao moth (E. elutella) and the Mediterranean flour moth (E. kuehniella). The genus Cadra is closely related to Ephestia and might be a junior synonym.
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 coloration: the ...
The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, [2] snout moths or grass moths, [3] are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] In many (particularly older) classifications, the grass moths (Crambidae) are included in the Pyralidae as a subfamily , making the combined group one of the largest families in the ...
The following is a list of a few of the moths of Indonesia. It is estimated that there are approximately 10,000 moth species in Indonesia. It is estimated that there are approximately 10,000 moth species in Indonesia.
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.
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 moth and the almond moth, and the dried fruit moth (Cadra calidella).
Ephestia kuehniella Zeller, 1879 Mediterranean flour moth; Ephestia cautella (Walker, 1863) dried currant moth; Ephestia figulilella (Gregson, 1871) raisin moth; Ephestia calidella (Guenée, 1845) dried fruit moth; Vitula edmandsii (Packard, 1864) Vitula biviella (Zeller, 1848) Plodia interpunctella (Hübner, 1813) Indian meal moth