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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.
Busseola fusca (maize stem-borer; Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) attacks maize and sorghum, and occurs especially at higher altitudes. It is a common pest in East Africa, but has also spread to West Africa. Chilo partellus (spotted stem-borer; Lepidoptera, Crambidae): introduced, from East Africa but spreading. The larvae attack sorghum and maize.
Pages in category "Moths of Oceania" ... List of Lepidoptera of New Zealand; List of moths of New Zealand; ... Angoumois grain moth; Anomis flava;
While these figures are certainly outdated, due to the many revisions to superfamily Gelechioidea and new descriptions of twirler moths, they still serve to show the enormous biodiversity contained in this important family. Being abundant, fecund plant-eaters, many species are agricultural pests, including: Anarsia lineatella – peach twig borer
Pages in category "Moths of Réunion" ... Angoumois grain moth; Angustalius malacellus; Anomis auragoides; Anticarsia irrorata; Araeopteron obliquifascia; Argina amanda;
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
Pages in category "Moths of Madagascar" ... Angoumois grain moth; Angustalius malacellus; Angustalius philippiellus; Ankasocris; Anoditica concretella; Anomis auragoides;
Epipyrops exigua, female. The Epipyropidae comprise a small family of moths.This family and the closely related Cyclotornidae are unique among the Lepidoptera in that the larvae are ectoparasites, the hosts typically being fulgoroid planthoppers, thus the common name planthopper parasite moths.