Confused Flour Beetle (Also see Rust-Red Flour Beetle)
Granary Weevil (Also see Rice Weevil)
Mediterranean Flour Moth or Mill Moth
Red-legged Ham or Copra Beetle
Rice Weevil (Also see Granary Weevil)
Rust-Red Flour Beetle (Also see Confused Flour Beetle)
Tropical Warehouse or Almond Moth (Also see Warehouse, Tobacco or Cocoa Moth)
Warehouse, Tobacco or Cocoa Moth (Also see Tropical Warehouse or Almond Moth)
Appearance
Adult moth : Medium sized, with white wings and triangular brown and red markings on fore-wings. Larvae : creamy white in early instars, 18-20mm long and light pink when fully grown.
Life Cycle
Eggs (80-120), creamy white, laid singly on the underside of leaves, green stems, flower buds. Larvae undergo five instars in about 9-28 days, then pupate for 6-27 days in tough cocoons inside stems or fruit before emerging as adults.
Notes
Serious pest of brinjal : larvae bore into tender shoots, flower buds or fruit, with a single larva destroying as many as 4-6 fruits.
