Description
- The adult is a small globular head and is 20-25 mm wingspan
- before the first third of the wings is pale brown . The rest of the wings are reddish brown.
- Larva - yellowish white , red or green (depending on power ), with a brown head.
Plodia interpunctella
- Spawning - 200 to 300 white eggs and elliptical - begins just after mating.
- After six molts , it reaches 15 to 20 mm at the final stage and can travel up to 400 m.
- The total cycle time from 25 to 200 days
- The adult moth lives up to two weeks
- The larvae usually leads to dark places and height
- It is sensitive to cold up to -15 ° C , and in winter it remains in hibernation until spring.
- In places heated fault hibernation or slow life , it can rise 3-6 generations per year
- The larvae of this moth feed on flour to cereal grains ( wheat, corn, rice).
Engineering extermination favors the use of environmentally friendly methods and biological products with low impact
