Plodia interpunctella

(Hübner, 1813)

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Common name (English)

Indian meal moth, Weevil moth, Pantry moth, Flour moth, Grain moth

Common name (Greek)

Πλοδία η στικτή

Ηabitat

J1 Buildings

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Establishment status

Indoors

Establishment status detail

Cryptogenic: Casual

First detection year

1937

Impacts

Negative

Reported in dry figs from Cyprus in England (Morris 1937); reared from stored cereals, dried fruit (Georghiou 1977); common household pest in cupboards, often infests food (Demetriou pers.comm.)

Pathway

3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Food contaminant – Food

Pathway detail

Speculated (Demetriou pers. comm.)

References

Morris HM (1937) Injurious insects of Cyprus. Agricultural Department of Cyprus, Bulletin 4 (Ent. Ser. ) 21 pp.

Georghiou GP (1977) The insects and mites of Cyprus. With emphasis on species of economic importance to agriculture, forestry, man and domestic animals. Benaki Phytopathological Institute. Kiphissia, Athens Greece 347 pp.

Huemer P, Özden Ö, Rennwald E, Barton I, Junnilainen J, Hausmann A, van Nieukerken EJ, Hebert PDN (2026) Well-Known, Misidentified, or Unnamed? A DNA Barcode-Based Reassessment of the Lepidoptera Fauna of Cyprus Supported by Morphology. Insects 17(1): 4. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects17010004