Indian Meal Moth Larva
Plodia interpunctella (larva)
The larva lives inside stored grain, flour, cereal, nuts, dried fruit, and similar dry foods, often hidden beneath silk webbing and frass. It feeds by chewing through food particles with small mandibles and may wander away from the food source before pupating. Its silk webbing can bind infested food into clumps, a common sign of its presence in pantries and warehouses. This stage causes nearly all of the feeding damage associated with the species.
- Type
- Stealth
- Conservation status
- NE
Growth chain
- Indian Meal Moth Larva
- ?
- Indian Meal Moth