Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 ...
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. Several of these moths are variously assigned to one or the other genus, in particular in non-entomological sources.
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 ...
"Flour moths" – pests of stored grains, spices, flour, and similar dry vegetable products; now introduced almost worldwide. Indian mealmoth (Plodia interpunctella: Phycitinae) Mediterranean flour moth, Indian flour moth (Ephestia kuehniella: Phycitinae) Grease moth (Aglossa pinguinalis: Pyralinae) – pest of suet and other oily food.
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.
Insect pests including the Mediterranean flour moth, the Indian mealmoth, the cigarette beetle, the drugstore beetle, the confused flour beetle, the red flour beetle, the merchant grain beetle, the sawtoothed grain beetle, the wheat weevil, the maize weevil and the rice weevil infest stored dry foods such as flour, cereals and pasta. [59] [60]
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