Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Moth in my rice

Posted by zcuc on 13-09-2010 08:16
#1

Hi,
Does anyone recognize this moth? I found it with larva inside my rice jar.

Posted by BubikolRamios on 13-09-2010 13:21
#2

mybe this:
http://www.agrozo...&l2=en


Pyralidae, I think definitely.

Edited by BubikolRamios on 13-09-2010 13:21

Posted by Cesa on 13-09-2010 14:32
#3

A pest. Plodia interpunctella in the subfamily Phycitinae (family Pyralidae)

Posted by Clive Lau on 13-09-2010 14:33
#4

I agree that this is likely Plodia interpunctella.

Edited by Clive Lau on 13-09-2010 14:34

Posted by zcuc on 13-09-2010 16:23
#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 17:38
#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 17:39

Posted by zcuc on 13-09-2010 19:27
#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? Shock