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Pyralidae

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Indian meal moth
Containing group: Pyraloidea

References

Munroe, E. and M. A. Solis. 1999. The Pyraloidea. Pages 233-256 in: Lepidoptera: Moths and Butterflies. 1. Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbook of Zoology Vol. IV, Part 35. N. P. Kristensen, ed. De Gruyter, Berlin and New York.

Solis, M. A. 1997. Michaelshaffera gen. n. - a pyraloid taxon lacking an abdominal tympanal organ (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Entomologica Scandinavica 28(4):391-402.

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Indian meal moth
Scientific Name Plodia interpunctella
Comments Indian meal moth
Acknowledgements Courtesy InsectImages.org (#1236020)
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Life Cycle Stage adult
Source Collection Bugwood Network/Forestry Images
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