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The ovoid eggs are initially white when laid, but soon turn towards a shade of red and measure approximately 2 millimetres (3 ⁄ 32 in) long. [3] Though rarely seen due to their growth stages taking place within a single grain, larvae of the Angoumois grain moth are yellowish-white with a small yellowish-brown head [4] and 10–15 millimetres (3 ⁄ 8 – 9 ⁄ 16 in) in length.
The Angoumois grain moth (Sitotroga cerealella) is a pest of stored grain, laying its eggs on the seedheads in the field or on the grain in the silo. Until 1882, it was thought that Pyemotes tritici , which is sometimes found swarming over stored straw or hay, was feeding on the crop, however it turned out that the mites are carnivorous and are ...
Pages in category "Moths of Réunion" ... Angoumois grain moth; Angustalius malacellus; Anomis auragoides; Anticarsia irrorata; Araeopteron obliquifascia; Argina amanda;
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Sitotroga cerealella – angoumois grain moth; Tecia solanivora (Povolny, 1973) – Guatemalan potato moth, Central American potato tuber moth; Tuta absoluta – tomato leafminer, South American tomato moth; The voracious habits of their larvae make twirler moths suitable for biological control of invasive plants.
Sitotroga cerealella (Olivier, 1789) Angoumois grain moth; Sitotroga exquisita Bidzilya & Mey, 2011; Sitotroga horogramma (Meyrick, 1921) Sitotroga psacasta (Meyrick, 1908) Sitotroga pseudopsacasta Ponomarenko & Park, 2007
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C. Cabbage moth; Cabbage worm; Calligrapha exclamationis; Callosobruchus maculatus; Carrot fly; Cataloipus cymbiferus; Cavelerius saccharivorus; Ceracris kiangsu