Davey, P., 2009: A pest species found in stored food warehouses, the larva feeding on cocoa, chocolate, cereal products, tobacco, dried fruit and vegetables, nuts, seeds, sugar and dried animal materials. It has a worldwide distribution. In Dorset, the species was evidently well established historically, but with improved food storage and farming practices the moth seems to have disappeared, apart that is from three recent records: Frome St Quentin, two larvae in stable refuse on 15 May 1996,... Read More Verification Grade Comment: Dissection needed  | Determination by Genitalia Examination (gen. det.) Required | |
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