Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Moth in my rice
Posted by zcuc on 13-09-2010 09:16
#1
Hi,
Does anyone recognize this moth? I found it with larva inside my rice jar.
Posted by BubikolRamios on 13-09-2010 14:21
#2
mybe this:
http://www.agrozo...&l2=en
Pyralidae, I think definitely.
Edited by BubikolRamios on 13-09-2010 14:21
Posted by Cesa on 13-09-2010 15:32
#3
A pest. Plodia interpunctella in the subfamily Phycitinae (family Pyralidae)
Posted by Clive Lau on 13-09-2010 15:33
#4
I agree that this is likely Plodia interpunctella.
Edited by Clive Lau on 13-09-2010 15:34
Posted by zcuc on 13-09-2010 17:23
#5
Do you know how if it can get into a sealed cellophane bag? I found larva in a a new cellophane bag from the supermarket. Could it drill a hole and lay the eggs through the plastic?
Posted by Cesa on 13-09-2010 18:38
#6
Sometimes, supermarkets sell dried-food materials infested previously by some insects, like nuts, rice in cellophane bag. When the insect developed, emerge but cannot fly outside the cellophane bag.
Edited by Cesa on 13-09-2010 18:39
Posted by zcuc on 13-09-2010 20:27
#7
Cesa,
Yes I know there is a chance it was already inside but before I open the bag I saw some adult on the outside and the bag itself looks sealed so I was wondering if they can drill into it? :o