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 : 1mm long, slender, yellowish-brown with apically pointed wings on males, and narrow with long hairs fringing the fore margins, on females. Nymphs resemble adults but are wingless.
Life Cycle
Eggs (45-50) are laid inside leaf tissues and tender shoots. Nymphs emerge after about 5 days. Nymphal stage takes 7-8 days and pupal stage, 2-4 days. Life span of adults is about 30 days.
Notes
A polyphagous pest, attacks chilli, tomato, cotton, castor, sunflower, mango, citrus, tea, grape vines etc. and causes leaf curl symptoms. Buds become brittle and drop, plants get stunted and bronzed.
Other species of economic importance are S. cardamonis, Thrips orientalis, T. palmi, Caliothrips indicus, Rhipiphotrips cruentatus.
