| Stored Nut Moth (one synonym : Paralipsa modesta Butler, 1879) GALLERIINAE, PYRALIDAE, PYRALOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
female
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
The Caterpillars of this moth are pale brown with a dark brown head. The caterpillars are a world-wide pest on stored nuts.
The adult moths of this species are dimorphic. The females have grey or brown forewings with a large dark spot. The males are similar but have a smaller spot, and they also have a zig-zag black-edged orange mark near each forewing hind margin. The wingspan is about 2 cms.
The species has been found across the world, including :
The species has been introduced into Australia by accident, and now occurs in
Further reading :
Philipp C. Zeller,
Exotische Microlepidopteren,
Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae,
Volume 13 (1877), pp. 74-76.
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(updated 18 October 2003, 9 March 2017)