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 : Uniformly dark, or mottled, 3mm long, do not feed or fly. Larvae : yellowish-white (early instars), middle instars brownish, later instars dark brown, covered with long hairs, 6.3mm long.
Life Cycle
Eggs (up to 80 per female) laid over several days, on food source. Larvae : development depends on conditions, and under unfavourable conditions may become dormant for up to four years! Life span of adult from 1-1 ½ months.
Notes
The most important stored produce pest from the phyto-sanitary point of view for importers /exporters, thus is the subject of strict quarantine regulations. The diapause (dormant behaviour) of the larvae makes it difficult to control. It prefers cereals and oilseeds but will feed on a variety of produce.
