Plodia interpunctella
Distribution: worldwide.
Type locality: Europe.
Synonyms: Tinea zeae Fitch 1856;
Ephestia interpunctalis Hubner 1896;
Unadilla latercula Hampson 1901;
Ephestia glycinivora Matsumura 1917;
Ephestia latercula Hampson 1932.
Source of record: no specific record, but unlikely not to be present in Jamaica.
Method of identification: adult and genitalia illustrated in black and white by Holloway et al. (1987)
p. 123.
Notes: the larva is the 'Indian Meal Moth', a pest on stored and dried vegetable
products worldwide.
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